Antonyms for spectre
ˈspɛk tərspec·tre

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1. spectre

   Antonyms:
   body, substance, flesh, personality

   Synonyms:
   apparition, ghost, shade, shadow, spirit, larva

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1. • Apparition
   • Spirit

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1. 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, specter, ghost, fantasm, phantom, wraith

2. 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, specter, ghost, tincture, ghostwriter, tint, nicety, apparition, trace, phantasm, tad, spook, subtlety, tone, creep, fantasm, refinement

How to use spectre in a sentence?

1. Joe Staton:

   Consumers are already nervous about the state of their personal finances. The spectre of rising costs can only add to that growing concern.

2. Goldman Sachs:

   Distillate storage utilization in the U.S. and Europe is nearing historically high levels, following near record refinery utilization, only modest demand growth (especially relative to gasoline), and increased imports from the East on refinery expansion and Chinese exports, this raises the spectre of 1998 (and) 2009 when distillate storage hit capacity, pushing runs and crude oil prices sharply lower.

3. Andrew Lipow:

   I expect that Venezuelan production will continue to decline and the upcoming elections hold the spectre of the U.S. imposing additional sanctions on Venezuela that may hasten the loss of supply.

4. Sam Smith:

   I am so excited to be a part of this iconic British legacy and join an incredible line up of some of my biggest musical inspirations. . I hope Tom Jones all enjoy the song as much as I enjoyed making it, spectre.

5. Joseph Conrad:

   How does one kill fear, I wonder How do you shoot a spectre through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by the spectral throat

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