apparition

Noun

Meaning

The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.

An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; a ghost; a specter; a phantom.

The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; -- opposed to occultation.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

phantom spectre specter appearance shadow phantasm phantasma vision fantasm lamia hydra maya wight mirage chimera
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Antonyms

galaxy bliss exodus being world body
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Hypernyms

appearance spirit illusion semblance disembodied spirit

Hyponyms

wraith spectre specter spook ghost shade

Related terms

appearance apparent

Phrases with the word

loch ness apparition a true relation of the apparition of one mrs. veal

Examples

natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger Source: Internet

a ghostly apparition at midnight Source: Internet

I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter Source: Internet

we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us Source: Internet

Accounts claim an apparition says, "What you're looking for is over there," before vanishing into thin air. Source: Internet

After rebuking their attempts to help him and destroying the apparition of his father, Shigaraki approaches All For One, signalling his mental transformation has been completed. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

apparently apparentlynatural and admissible apparentness apparitional apparitionist apparitor