What are some alternative words for specter?
Synonyms for specter
ˈspɛk tər
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Princeton's WordNet
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, refinementapparition, 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
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #2192 | touch | |
| #4082 | tone | |
| #4483 | spectrum | |
| #4505 | shadow | |
| #4692 | ghost | |
| #5503 | trace | |
| #8025 | shade | |
| #9683 | phantom | |
| #16448 | refinement | |
| #18621 | creep | |
| #18886 | tad | |
| #24573 | specter | |
| #25431 | tint | |
| #27757 | spectre | |
| #35604 | spector | |
| #37939 | nuance | |
| #43191 | subtlety | |
| #44415 | wraith | |
| #50492 | apparition | |
| #50705 | weirdo | |
| #51312 | spook | |
| #51887 | tincture | |
| #73055 | phantasm | |
| #103984 | ghostwriter | |
| #182397 | nicety |
How to use specter in a sentence?
It makes the specter of Covid-19 even more frightening, it places just one more additional burden It could be devastating.
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.
How does one kill fear, I wonder? How do you shoot a specter through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by its spectral throat?
There's this specter that the same issues will come back.
Uncertainty and the specter of a dictatorship are looming over our country once again.
Translations for specter
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- شبحArabic
- strašidloCzech
- GespenstGerman
- espectroSpanish
- شبحPersian
- kummitusFinnish
- spectreFrench
- taibhse, sgàile, tannasgScottish Gaelic
- भूतHindi
- momokIndonesian
- fantasma, spettroItalian
- 亡霊, 幽霊Japanese
- 유령, 幽靈Korean
- laruamLatin
- spøkelsetNorwegian
- zjawa, widmoPolish
- aparição, espectroPortuguese
- привидение, призракRussian
- spöke, vålnadSwedish
- بهوتUrdu
- bóng ma, maVietnamese
- 幽灵Chinese
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