noun
Meaning 1
UK and Australia standard spelling of specter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
spectre
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CMU ARPABET: S P EH1 K T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
a mental representation of some haunting experience
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he looked like he had seen a ghost
- it aroused specters from his past
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, shadow
noun
Meaning 3
a ghostly appearing figure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spirit, disembodied spirit
Narrower terms: Flying Dutchman
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
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