Synonyms for specter
ˈspɛk tərspecter

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 2 votes

1. ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectrenoun

   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, refinement

2. apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter, spectrenoun

   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

Matched Categories

1. • Apparition
   • Spirit

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. specternoun

   Synonyms:
   phantom, apparition, shade, ghost, manes, spirit, wraith, spook

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "specter":

   spector, spectre, spectrum, ghost, phantom

How to pronounce specter?

How to say specter in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use specter in a sentence?

1. Steve Vladeck:

   Even for those providers who are confident that what they're doing is within the letter of the law, they face the specter of potentially ruinous litigation. They can't stop it. They can't avoid it. They can't pre-empt it.

2. Steve Vladeck:

   There's this specter that the same issues will come back.

3. Halil Karaveli:

   He seems to have scared Davutoglu into toeing his line by raising the specter of his man Binali Yildirim contesting the leadership.

4. Mario Draghi:

   Lack of structural reforms raises the specter of permanent economic divergence between members, and insofar as this threatens the essential cohesion of the Union, this has potentially damaging consequences for all.

5. Jesse M. Furman:

   ‘specter’ of something purely hypothetical plainly does not warrant an adjournment.