Synonyms for specter

Noun

1. ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectre, apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, shadow

usage: a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"

2. apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, specter, spectre, spirit, disembodied spirit

usage: a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"