100+ Halloween Words and Quite a Few Vocabulary Lists
Make Learning Fun With Halloween Word Lists
This Halloween season, learning vocabulary words can be fun. Use these words lists with your kids and they might actually want to practice these spooky words and spell them correctly.
Over 100 Halloween words are included in these Halloween vocabulary lists. They include: a trick or treating list, monster vocabulary, scary words, gross words, body parts, mad science and magical vocabulary, Halloween action words, spooky sound words, French and Spanish Halloween vocabulary, and more Halloween activities.
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Halloween Vocabulary Words
All Hallows' Eve
| lantern
| prank
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costume
| make-believe
| sweets
|
darkness
| monster
| shadows
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decorations
| moonlight
| spiderweb
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disguise
| night
| supernatural
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dress-up
| October
| superstition
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holiday
| orange
| thirty-first
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jack-o'-lantern
| party
| trick or treat
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How do you mend a broken jack-o'-lantern?
With a pumpkin patch
Fall Vocabulary Words
acorn
| harvest
| scarecrow
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autumn
| hayride
| squash
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corn
| leaves
| squirrel
|
crow
| pumpkin
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Halloween Animals and Creatures Vocabulary Words
bat
| owl
| spider
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bug
| rat
| worm
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cat
| snake
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Costume Vocabulary Words
cartoon character
| pirate
| superhero
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fairy
| pixie
| witch
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ninja
| princess
|
What do the birds sing on Halloween?
Twick or Tweet
Trick or Treat-Related Vocabulary Words
candy
| flashlight
| masks
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cloak
| goodies
| safety
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doorbell
| gown
| treat bag
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face paint
| hat
| wigs
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fangs
| makeup
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Monsters and Spooky Creatures Vocabulary Words
bogeyman
| mummy
| werewolf
|
extraterrestrial (alien)
| mutant
| witch
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ghost
| vampire
| zombie
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giant
| villain
| |
goblin
| warlock
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Why did Dracula take cold medicine?
To stop his coffin
Famous Halloween Characters Vocabulary Words
The Addams Family
| Frankenstein
| Maleficent
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Beetlejuice
| The Great Pumpkin
| Scooby Doo
|
Casper
| Harry Potter
| Spookley, the Square Pumpkin
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Cruella de Vil
| Headless Horseman
| Ursula
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Dracula
| Jack Skellington
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Scary Vocabulary Word List
alarming
| fear
| scary
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bloodcurdling
| frighten
| shocking
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boo
| goosebumps
| spine-chilling
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chilling
| hair-rising
| spooky
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creepy
| horrify
| startling
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eek
| nightmare
| unnerving
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eerie
| petrify
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Gross Vocabulary Words
boogers
| mucus
| revolting
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goo
| ooze
| rotten
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gory
| puss
| slime
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icky
| repulsive
| snot
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Why can't skeletons play music in church?
Because they have no organs.
Body Parts Vocabulary Words
blood
| eyeballs
| heart
|
bones
| femur
| skeleton
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brain
| fingernails
| skull
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cadaver
| guts
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Ghostly Vocabulary Words
apparition
| ectoplasm
| phantom
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cemetary
| ghastly
| poltergeist
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coffin
| ghoul
| spectral
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corpse
| graveyard
| spirit
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crypt
| haunted house
| spook
|
dead
| other wordly
| tombstone
|
What kind of mistakes do spooks make?
Boo boos
Halloween Action Words
battling
| creeping
| pretending
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bobbing
| dancing
| raking
|
breaking
| decorating
| scaring
|
bulging
| partying
| slithering
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bursting
| dribbling
| sneaking
|
carving
| fluttering
| sparkling
|
crawling
| grinning
| tricking
|
Why did the vampires cancel their baseball game?
They couldn't find their bats.
Halloween Sounds Vocabulary Words
bellowing
| creaking
| screaming
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bubbling
| hooting
| thumping
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bumping
| howling
| |
cackling
| rattling
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What do goblins and ghosts drink when they are thirsty?
Ghoul-Aid
Spanish Halloween Vocabulary Words
la araña (spider)
| el cráneo (skull)
| el fantasma (ghost)
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la bruja (witch)
| la noche de brujas or el Halloween (Halloween)
| la fiesta (party)
|
la calabaza (pumpkin)
| el dia de los muertes (Day of the Dead)
| el gato negro (black cat)
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la calabaza iluminada or la jack-o'-lantern (jack-o'-lantern)
| el diablo (devil)
| el hombre lobo (werewolf)
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los caramelos (candy)
| el disfraz (costume)
| la enmascarar (mask)
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la casa embrujada (haunted house)
| el esqueleto (skeleton)
| el maquillaje (makeup)
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el murciélago (bat)
| el monstruo (monster)
| la momia (mummy)
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la peluca (wig)
| el/la superhéroe (superhero)
| truco o trato or queremos Halloween (trick or treat)
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el vampiro (vampire)
|
What does a child monster call his parents?
Mummy and Deady
French Halloween Vocabulary Words
la araignée (spider)
| l'épouvantail (scarecrow)
| le monstre (monster)
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les bonbons (candy)
| le fantôme (ghost)
| la sorcière (witch)
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le chat noir (black cat)
| le feu follet (jack-o'-lantern)
| le squelette (skeleton)
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le chauve-souris (bat)
| friandises ou betise (trick or treat)
| toile d'araignée (web)
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le cimetière (cemetery)
| l'Halloween (Halloween)
| le vampire (vampire)
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le citrouille (pumpkin)
| le loup-garou (werewolf)
| Toussaint (All Saints' Day from October 31 to November 2)
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le déguisement (costume)
| la maison hantée (haunted house)
| |
le diable (devil)
| le masque (mask)
|
How do you tell twin witches apart?
You can't tell which witch is which.
Magical Vocabulary Words
brew
| hocus pocus
| spell book
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broom
| ingredients
| toad
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cackle
| magic wand
| warlock
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cauldron
| potion
| wicked
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enchant
| spell
| wizardry
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Mad Science Vocabulary Words
beaker
| flask
| Petri dish
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boiling
| goggles
| test tube
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Bunsen burner
| graduated cylinder
| thermometer
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experiment
| lab coat
| wires
|
What streets do zombies like best?
Dead ends
Halloween Party Food Vocabulary Words
candied apple
| cupcakes
| popcorn
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cotton candy
| deviled eggs
| punch
|
Halloween Costume Poll
What will your Halloween costume be this year?
What is a mummy's favorite type of music?
Wrap music
Vocabulary Activities and Ideas
Learning vocabulary words by itself is boring for kids. Here are some ideas for you to consider in making this process fun:
- Incorporate the vocabulary into word searches and bingo games to make it more interesting.
- Creating scavenger hunts to find items in the word lists is another fun way to teach kids the words.
- Playing games of jeopardy or Halloween Pictionary will be so entertaining the children won't even realize they are learning.
- Jokes and puns also help teach language and will get the kids laughing.
- Inspire future writers by having the kids write their own Halloween stories using the vocabulary words.
Did you know learning vocabulary could be so much fun?
Use the vocabulary words in a sentence. - Come on, tell me what you think.
Thanks for the words.I really needed it.
- Author
@donnetted: Thanks so much!
Absolutely delighted to find so many vocab "groups" here, so beautifully presented. Thank you. Liked, Bookmarked and Blessed x
I really enjoyed all of these list in one place. Thanks for compiling them. Very interesting. Happy Halloween to you and yours.