apparition

Meanings

Noun

• a ghostly appearing figure
  • "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"
• the appearance of a ghostlike figure
  • "I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter"
• something existing in perception only
  • "a ghostly apparition at midnight"
• an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly
  • "natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger"

Synonyms

fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow, specter, spectre