What is Halloween?
Halloween - that we all are familiar - is based on an ancient Celtic festival of Samhain.
Samhain was a Gaelic festival when people would wear costumes to ward off ghosts and spirits. People also would light bonfires that was believed to have protective and cleansing powers.
The festival of Samhain meant the end of the harvest season and summer, so it became associated things like darkness, cold and "ending". Celts believed that on the night of October 31 spirits, fairies and ghosts of the dead returned to earth.
Halloween is a modern version of Samhain that has evolved into a day of jack-o-lanterns, trick-or-treating and other fun activities, like wearing costumes or doing handicrafts. Halloween is celebrated every year on October 31.
The word Halloween comes from All-Hallows'Eve or Allhallow-even, which is Scottish shortening of "Eve of All Saints", the last night of October.
Halloween word list | child-friendly All Hallows' Eve vocabulary
Here is the Halloween words list that'll keep your hair tightly in place. Use this non-scary Halloween vocabulary for handicrafts and other Halloween activities. 🎃
Halloween words that start with A
Activity
Adventure
Afterlife
Alien
All Hallows' Eve
All Saints’ Eve
Amulet
Angel
Annual
Apple
Autumn
Halloween words that start with B
Bag
Ballerina
Basket
Bat
Black
Black cat
Boo
Boo-tiful
Brew
Broom
Broomstick
Halloween words that start with C
Cackle
Candle
Candy
Cape
Card
Carnival
Carving
Casket
Cat
Cauldron
Chains
Charms
Chimes
Cloak
Clock
Clove of garlic
Costume
Costume party
Cowboy
Cowgirl
Creature
Crown
Crystal ball
Cupcakes
Halloween words that start with D
Dark
Decoration
Disguise
Doorbell
Dream
Dress-up
Druid
Dusk
Halloween words that start with E
Earrings
Effect
Enchant
Entertaining
Evening
Eyepatch
Halloween words that start with F
Face paint
Fairy
Fall
Fang-tastic
Fantasy
Feasting
Fishnet
Flashlight
Festival
Fortuneteller
Full moon
Fun
Halloween words that start with G
Genie
Gnome
Goodies
Gourd
Gown
Greeting
Halloween words that start with H
Halloween
Handicraft
Hat
Haystack
Hocus pocus
Holiday
Hood
Halloween words that start with I
Ingredients
Halloween words that start with J
Jack-O-Lantern
Jewelry
Jinx
Jumpsuit
Halloween words that start with K
Kimono
King
Knock knock
Halloween words that start with L
Labyrinth
Lantern
Leprechaun
Light
Lunar
Halloween words that start with M
Magic
Magical
Make-believe
Makeup
Mask
Masquerade
Midnight
Mist
Monster
Moon
Moonlight
Moonlit
Mysterious
Mystical
Myth
Halloween words that start with N
Night
Nightime
Ninja
Halloween words that start with O
October
Orange
Otherwordly
Owl
Halloween words that start with P
Parade
Party
Pendant
Pirate
Pixie
Play
Popcorn
Potion
Prank
Prince
Princess
Pumpkin
Halloween words that start with Q
Queen
Quest
Halloween words that start with R
Robe
Robot
Halloween words that start with S
Season
Seer
Shadow
Silly
Soldier
Soothsayer
Sorcerer
Soul
Spell
Spell book
Spirit
Spook-takular
Spooky
Strange
Superhero
Supernatural
Superstition
Sweets
Halloween words that start with T
Thirty-first
Tiara
Toad
Toga
Traditional
Treasure
Treat
Trick
Trick or treat
Halloween words that start with U
Unearthly
Halloween words that start with W
Wand
Web
Whisper
Whistle
Wig
Witch
Witchcraft
Wizard
Wizardy
ps. See also words to describe autumn / fall.
