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Definition of Specter
1. Noun. A mental representation of some haunting experience. "It aroused specters from his past"
Exact synonyms: Ghost, Shade, Spectre, Spook, Wraith
Generic synonyms: Apparition, Fantasm, Phantasm, Phantasma, Phantom, Shadow
Derivative terms: Ghost, Spook
Generic synonyms: Apparition, Fantasm, Phantasm, Phantasma, Phantom, Shadow
Derivative terms: Ghost, Spook
2. Noun. A ghostly appearing figure. "We were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"
Exact synonyms: Apparition, Fantasm, Phantasm, Phantasma, Phantom, Spectre
Generic synonyms: Disembodied Spirit, Spirit
Specialized synonyms: Flying Dutchman
Derivative terms: Phantasmal
Generic synonyms: Disembodied Spirit, Spirit
Specialized synonyms: Flying Dutchman
Derivative terms: Phantasmal
Definition of Specter
1. n. Something preternaturally visible; an apparition; a ghost; a phantom.
Definition of Specter
1. Noun. A ghostly apparition. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Specter
1. a visible disembodied spirit [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Specter
Literary usage of Specter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Statements, Theological and Critical by Daniel Denison Whedon, J. S. Whedon (1887)
"His going to a future perpetuity of woe in " everlasting tire" is a sad mistake;
for that "fire" was "prepared for the devil and his angels." The specter in ..."