What is the meaning of spectre?

A ghostly appearing figure.
- usage: "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"
- synonyms: apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter
A mental representation of some haunting experience.
- usage: "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"
- synonyms: ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter

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APA	WordNet. (2010). spectre. Retrieved September 21, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/spectre/definitions/1312183
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