specter, n.
(specters)
freq. cnt. 6
(specters)
freq. cnt. 6
a mental representation of some haunting experience
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 4
ghost shade specter spectre spook wraith
sample sentences
"he looked like he had seen a ghost""it aroused specters from his past"
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hypernym
a ghostly appearing figure
<noun.person> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
apparition fantasm phantasm phantasma phantom specter spectre
sample sentences
"we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"
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