spectre
(noun)
noun
1. a ghostly appearing figure
Similar word(s): apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, specter
Definition categories: person, spirit
2. a mental representation of some haunting experience
- it aroused specters from his past
Similar word(s): ghost, shade, specter, spook, wraith
Definition categories: thought, apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow
Sentences with spectre as a noun:
- The spectre is a ghost of a decapitated young man.