Synonyms of apparition

apparition

noun

ˌa-pə-ˈri-shən 

as in ghost

the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people

an eccentric who claimed to have photographed an apparition in her very own house

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ghost
• spirit
• phantom
• specter
• materialization
• wraith
• poltergeist
• haunt
• phantasm
• vision
• demon
• visitant
• shadow
• sprite
• vampire
• spook
• angel
• zombie
• familiar spirit
• bogey
• hant
• ghoul
• shade
• familiar
• genie
• double
• doppelgänger
• daimon
• fetch
• manes
• incubus
• genius
• succubus
• devil
• jinni
• imp
• shaitan
• lemures
• lamia
• fiend
• cacodemon

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of apparition

Reports of strange sounds, apparitions, and unexplained encounters continue to attract visitors. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 June 2026

Why then, when discussing body image after weight changes, is our culture reaching for the language of vexing apparitions and death? — Virgie Tovar, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026

That late-game run––forty-four points to the Cavs’ eleven––was as soul-crushing to Cleveland as the apparition of Willis Reed, hobbling to center court, had been to the Lakers fifty-six years ago. — David Remnick, New Yorker, 30 May 2026

The book is a poetry collection structured in three acts with seven players, each assigned a color of the rainbow and an apparition’s name, each of whom needs an audience to fully exist. — Literary Hub, 29 May 2026