Home › Words › G › ghostlingghostlingghostling means A small, young, diminutive, or inferior ghost.EtymologyFrom ghost + -ling.nounA small, young, diminutive, or inferior ghost.e.g.““That's why I brought you here,” whispered the ghostling next to me. We floated over to a corner. “She ain't leaving her body,” he said.” — 2008, Linda Alice Dewey, The Ghost Who Would Not Die:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.spiritling 79% match — A small, young, or inferior spirit; a ghostling. vs ghostling →monsterling 66% match — A small or young monster. vs ghostling →elfling 65% match — A small or tiny elf; an elf of a diminutive type. vs ghostling →ghostlike 64% match — Seemingly invisible; as a ghost, similar to a ghost. vs ghostling →ghostily 63% match — In a ghostlike manner. vs ghostling →creatureling 62% match — A little creature. vs ghostling →ghosty 61% match — ghostly vs ghostling →ghostish 61% match — ghostly; spectral vs ghostling →