Main entry: apparition
Definition: an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly
Usage: natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger
Main entry: apparition, shadow, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, fantasm
Definition: something existing in perception only
Usage: a ghostly apparition at midnight
Main entry: apparition
Definition: the appearance of a ghostlike figure
Usage: I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter
Main entry: phantasm, phantasma, phantom, specter, spectre, apparition, fantasm
Definition: a ghostly appearing figure
Usage: we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us