specter

spec·ter

noun \ˈspek-tər\

Definition of SPECTER

1

: a visible disembodied spirit : ghost

2

: something that haunts or perturbs the mind : phantasm <the specter of hunger>

Variants of SPECTER

spec·ter or spec·tre \ˈspek-tər\

Examples of SPECTER

1. <feeling so terrified that every shadow became a specter>

Origin of SPECTER

French spectre, from Latin spectrum appearance, specter, from specere to look, look at — more at spy

First Known Use: 1605

Related to SPECTER

Synonyms: apparition, bogey (also bogie or bogy), familiar spirit, hant [dialect], haunt [chiefly dialect], materialization, phantasm (also fantasm), phantom, poltergeist, shade, shadow, ghost (or spectre), spirit, spook, sprite, vision, visitant, wraith

Related Words: angel, daimon, familiar, genie, genius, jinni (or jinn also djinni or djinn), shaitan; double, doppelgänger (or doppelganger), fetch; lemures, manes; incubus, lamia, succubus, vampire, zombie (also zombi); cacodemon, demon (or daemon), devil, fiend, ghoul, imp

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Other Occult Terms

augury, censor, invocation, lucidity, metempsychosis, mojo, numinous, preternatural, weird, wraith

Rhymes with SPECTER

hector, lector, nectar, rector, sector, vector