Thesaurus results for SPECTER

specter

noun

ˈspek-tər

variants or spectre

Definition of specter

as in apparition

the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people feeling so terrified that every shadow became a specter

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Recent Examples of specter The spectre of Midwest emo looms large; American Football in particular casts a considerable shadow. — Nick Laskin, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026 In addition to social and economic concerns, the specter of Jair Bolsonaro also looms over the election. — David Unsworth, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026 But the dark matter passed right through and continued on, like a specter passing through a wall. — Quanta Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026 Newsom said Mansfield, because of budget shortfalls, was facing the specter of staff reductions and school closures. — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for specter

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Noun

Title granted to the Virgin Mary in honor of her apparitions to three shepherd children (Saints Jacinta and Francisco Marto and Venerable Lucia dos Santos) in Fátima, Portugal, in 1917.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
The location was a former sugarcane plantation notorious for cruelty, and accounts of apparitions in the water are a reminder of this history.

— Marcus Librizzi, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of apparition

Noun

The film turned from horror into drama, though it was still marketed in Thailand as a ghost film because that genre sells.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Nov. 2026
Yet every technology transformation is followed by a ghost that rarely appears on a project plan, risk register or executive dashboard.

— Irene Thong, Forbes.com, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of ghost

Noun

As the frightening phantom of Frank the Bunny warns, this parallel reality has a ticking clock that’ll result in its imminent collapse in just 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, and 12 seconds.

— Jeff Spry, Space.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Fadal brought up her own phantom smells during a recent podcast conversation with Andrea Donsky, a nutritionist who’s written about and conducted research on this symptom.

— Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of phantom

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