Synonyms of the word

apparition

• n. An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
• n. The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
• n. An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially something such as a ghost or phantom.
• n. (astronomy) The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured;—opposed…
• n. (astronomy) A period of consecutive days or nights when a particular celestial body may be observed. An…

appearance

• n. The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.
• n. A thing seen; a phenomenon; an apparition.
• n. Personal presence; look; aspect; mien.
• n. Apparent likeness; external show; how something appears to others.
• n. (philosophy, theology) That which is not substance, essence, hypostasis; the outward reality as opposed…
• n. The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before…
• n. (law) The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court…
• n. (medicine) Chiefly used by nurses: the act of defecation by a patient.

fantasm

• n. Alternative spelling of phantasm.

illusion

• n. (countable) Anything that seems to be something that it is not.
• n. (countable) A misapprehension; a belief in something that is in fact not true.
• n. (countable) A magician’s trick.
• n. (uncountable) The state of being deceived or misled.

phantasm

• n. something seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or apparition.

phantasma

• n. Alternative form of phantasm.

phantom

• n. Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; a ghost or apparition; something…
• n. An image that appears only in the mind; an illusion.
• adj. Illusive.
• adj. Fictitious or nonexistent.

semblance

• n. likeness, similarity; the quality of being similar.
• n. Seeming; appearance; show; figure; form.

shadow

• n. A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
• n. Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom, obscurity.
• n. (obsolete) A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.
• n. That which looms as though a shadow.
• n. A small degree; a shade.
• n. An imperfect and faint representation.
• n. (Britain, law enforcement) A trainee, assigned to work with an experienced officer.
• n. One who secretly or furtively follows another.
• n. A type of lettering form of word processors that makes a cubic effect.
• n. An influence, especially a pervasive or a negative one.
• n. A spirit; a ghost; a shade.
• n. (obsolete, Latinism) An uninvited guest accompanying one who was invited.
• n. (psychology) In Jungian psychology, an unconscious aspect of the personality.
• v. To block light or radio transmission.
• v. (espionage) To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.
• v. To accompany a professional during the working day, so as to learn about an occupation one intends to…
• v. (programming) To make an identifier, usually a variable, inaccessible by declaring another of the same…
• v. (computing) To apply the shadowing process to (the contents of ROM).
• adj. Unofficial, informal, unauthorized, but acting as though it were.
• adj. Having power or influence, but not widely known or recognized.
• adj. (politics) Acting in a leadership role before being formally recognized.

specter

• n. A ghostly apparition, a phantom.
• n. (figuratively) A threatening mental image.

spectre

• n. British spelling standard spelling of specter.

spirit

• n. The collective souls of man or another entity.
• n. A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel.
• n. Enthusiasm.
• n. The manner or style of something.
• n. (usually in the plural) A volatile liquid, such as alcohol. The plural form spirits is a generic term…
• n. Energy; ardour.
• n. One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or…
• n. Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state; often in…
• n. (obsolete) Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.
• n. (obsolete) A rough breathing; an aspirate, such as the letter h; also, a mark denoting aspiration.
• n. Intent; real meaning; opposed to the letter, or formal statement.
• n. (alchemy, obsolete) Any of the four substances: sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, and arsenic (or, according…
• n. (dyeing) stannic chloride.
• v. To carry off, especially in haste, secrecy, or mystery.
• v. To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit; sometimes followed by up.