ap‧pa‧ri‧tion /ˌæpəˈrɪʃ
ən/
noun [countable][
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: Late Latin;
Origin: apparitio, from Latin apparere; ⇒ appear]
something that you imagine you can see, especially the spirit of a dead person:
He stared at the strange apparition before him. a ghostly apparition of a man [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
ghost the spirit of a dead person that some people think they can feel or see in a place:
His ghost is believed to haunt the house.spirit a creature without a physical body, such as an angel or ghost:
evil spirits the spirit worldapparition an image of a dead person that someone sees suddenly for a short time:
He claimed to have seen an apparition in the church.poltergeist a ghost that people cannot see, which throws things or moves things around:
The house was haunted by a poltergeist that makes things move around all by themselves, sometimes quite big things like beds or wardrobes.spook informal a ghost:
I’m not scared of spooks.phantom literary a frightening and unclear image of a dead person:
They had seen phantoms gliding on the surface of the water.spectre British English,
specter American English literary a ghost, especially a frightening one:
She had looked like a spectre. The following night, the spectre appeared again. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲