Synonyms: apparition
Definition: an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly
Usage: natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger
Similar words: appearance
Definition: the act of appearing in public view
Usage: the rookie made a brief appearance in the first period; it was Bernhardt's last appearance in America
Synonyms: apparition, shadow, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, fantasm
Definition: something existing in perception only
Usage: a ghostly apparition at midnight
Synonyms: apparition
Definition: the appearance of a ghostlike figure
Usage: I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter
Similar words: appearance
Definition: the event of coming into sight
Synonyms: phantasm, phantasma, phantom, specter, spectre, apparition, fantasm
Definition: a ghostly appearing figure
Usage: we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us
Similar words: disembodied spirit, spirit
Definition: any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings