Synonyms for specter
ˈspɛk tər

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1. ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectre(noun)

   a mental representation of some haunting experience

   "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"

   Synonyms:
   phantasma, phantom, wraith, shade, shadowiness, shadiness, touch, weirdo, weirdy, nuance, weirdie, ghost, tincture, ghostwriter, tint, nicety, apparition, trace, phantasm, tad, spectre, spook, subtlety, tone, creep, fantasm, refinement

2. apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter, spectre(noun)

   a ghostly appearing figure

   "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"

   Synonyms:
   spook, phantasma, shade, phantasm, shadow, apparition, ghost, fantasm, phantom, wraith, spectre

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1. specter(n)

   Synonyms:
   phantom, apparition, shade, ghost, manes, spirit, wraith, spook

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1. List of paraphrases:

   spector, spectre, spectrum, ghost, phantom

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How to use specter in a sentence?

1. Gregorio Millett:

   It makes the specter of Covid-19 even more frightening, it places just one more additional burden It could be devastating.

2. White House:

   Throughout his confirmation process, Judge Kavanaugh has had 65 meetings with senators -- including with Sen. Feinstein -- sat through over 30 hours of testimony, addressed over 2,000 questions in a public setting and additional questions in a confidential session. Not until the eve of his confirmation has Sen. Feinstein or anyone raised the specter of new' information' about him.

3. Steve Vladeck:

   There's this specter that the same issues will come back.

4. Benigno Aquino on Friday:

   Uncertainty and the specter of a dictatorship are looming over our country once again.

5. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   A good intention but fixed and resolute - bent on high and holy ends, we shall find means to them on every side and at every moment; and even obstacles and opposition will but make us "like the fabled specter-ships," which sail the fastest in the very teeth of the wind.

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