Spector
Occupational family name
Spector is a surname, most notably associated with Phil Spector, the American record producer who created the dense "Wall of Sound" technique in the 1960s and was later convicted of murder.
The name sometimes appears confused with specter (ghost), though they're unrelated.
The Spector case dominated headlines for years.
Causing fear or cold
- uncannyEerily beyond normal
- spookyUnsettlingly strange
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
- creepyDisturbingly strange
ominous · macabre · mysterious · foreboding · gothic · eldritch · ghoulish · morbid
Visible supernatural manifestation
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- wraithSpectral apparition of someone
- poltergeistDisruptive supernatural entity
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
shade · revenant · banshee · ethereal · translucent · supernatural · paranormal · haunt
Ongoing observation of something
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
- spyingSecretly observing others
- CCTVSurveillance camera network
wiretap · observation · reconnaissance · infiltration · eavesdropping · tracking · bugging · stakeout
chilling
Causing fear or cold
creepy · ominous · macabre · mysterious · foreboding · gothic · eldritch · ghoulish · morbid · dreadful
apparition
Visible supernatural manifestation
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- wraithSpectral apparition of someone
- poltergeistDisruptive supernatural entity
spirit · shade · revenant · banshee · ethereal · translucent · supernatural · paranormal · haunt · haunted
monitoring
Ongoing observation of something
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
- spyingSecretly observing others
CCTV · wiretap · observation · reconnaissance · infiltration · eavesdropping · tracking · bugging · stakeout · undercover
genealogy
Study of family descent
family · Phil · Ronnie · patronymic · bloodline · clan · descent · kinship · forebears · progenitors
SpectorQuincy Jones
George Martin · Nile Rodgers · Rick Rubin · Brian Eno · Berry Gordy
- political spectrumRange of belief systems
- color spectrumVisible wavelength continuum
- on the spectrumHaving autism traits
- spectator sportsGames watched, not played
- light spectrumRange of electromagnetic wavelengths
- broad spectrumCovering many categories
specter, spectre, spectrum, spectacle, spectacles, spectator, spectators, spectate, spectacular