English noun: spectre | |||
1. | spectre (person) a ghostly appearing figure | ||
Samples | We were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us. | ||
Synonyms | apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, specter | ||
Broader (hypernym) | disembodied spirit, spirit | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Flying Dutchman | ||
2. | spectre (cognition) a mental representation of some haunting experience | ||
Samples | He looked like he had seen a ghost. It aroused specters from his past. | ||
Synonyms | ghost, shade, specter, spook, wraith | ||
Broader (hypernym) | apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow | ||