Synonyms and Antonyms of spectre

synonym (synonym of spectre)

(noun.person)
apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, specter
a ghostly appearing figure (noun.person)
(noun.cognition)
ghost, shade, specter, spook, wraith
a mental representation of some haunting experience (noun.cognition)

hypernym (spectre IS A KIND OF .... relation)

a ghostly appearing figure (noun.person)

disembodied spirit, spirit
any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings (noun.person)
a mental representation of some haunting experience (noun.cognition)

apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow
something existing in perception only (noun.cognition)

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF spectre relation)

a ghostly appearing figure (noun.person)

flying dutchman
the captain of a phantom ship (the Flying Dutchman) who was condemned to sail against the wind until Judgment Day (noun.person)

derivation (.... is derived from spectre)

(adj.all)
apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral, spiritual
resembling or characteristic of a phantom (adj.all)
a mental representation of some haunting experience (noun.cognition)

ghost, haunt, obsess
haunt like a ghost; pursue (verb.emotion)
(verb.emotion)
spook
frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action (verb.emotion)

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. apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, specter . ghost, shade, specter, spook, wraith . disembodied spirit, spirit . apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow . flying dutchman . apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral, spiritual . ghost, haunt, obsess . spook

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