Specter

/ˈspɛktɚ/

Synonyms for "specter" (109 found)

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Noun(10 words)

apparition ghost phantom spook apparitions banshee bogeymen bogies bogy cimmerian

apparition appearance astral atua bansheebete noirebogey bogeyman bugaboo bugbear control daemon

Strong matches (33)

demondeparted spiritdracula dybbuk eidolonevil spiritevil spiritsfantasyfee-faw-fumfigment of the imaginationfigure form frankenstein frightener genius ghost ghoul guide haunt hobgoblin

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holy terrorhorror idolum

Noun(8 words)

dread dybbuk fantasm fear ghosts haunt haunting haunts

Adjective(2 words)

earthbound spiritfictional monster

Related words (54)

image immateriality incorporeal incubus intelligence larva materialization monster nightmare ogre ogress phantasm phantasma phantasmagoria phantom poltergeist presence revenant scarebabe scarecrow

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scarer shade shadow shape spirit sprite succubussupernatural beingterror theophany umbra vampire visionwaking dreamwerewolfwildest dreamwolf manwolf-man wraith zombie

Noun(14 words)

menace phantasm phantasma phantasms phantoms poltergeist poltergeists pontianak shade spectre spooks threat wraith wraiths

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5 relation types

More general

11 entries

apparition being conceptdisembodied spiritfantasm idea phantasm phantasma phantom shadow spirit

More specific

6 entries

economic threatexistential threatmilitary threatpoltergeist revenant shade

Collocations

5 entries

ghostly specterspecter of deathspecter of inflationspecter of recessionspecter of war

Inflections

2 entries

specters spectres

Derivations

2 entries

spectral spectre

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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A specter is haunting Europe — the specter of communism.

Source: tatoeba (7799796)

All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this specter; Pope and Czar, Mettemich and Guizot, French radicals and German police spies.

Source: tatoeba (7799798)

It is high time that communists should openly, in the face of the whole world, publish their views, their aims, their tendencies, and meet this nursery tale of the Specter of Communism with a manifesto of the party itself.

Source: tatoeba (7799805)

A specter is haunting Tatoeba— the specter of Tom.

Source: tatoeba (8812971)

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