apparitions
Visible but intangible
Apparitions are ghostly figures or supernatural appearances—spirits of the dead made visible to the living.
The word suggests something that appears suddenly and mysteriously: The apparition vanished as quickly as it came.
More broadly, an apparition can be any strange or unexpected sight: A lone figure emerged from the fog like an apparition.
Insubstantial apparition
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- wraithSpectral apparition of someone
- poltergeistDisruptive supernatural entity
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
revenant · banshee · shade · spook · ectoplasm · haunt · phantasm · spectre
Permitting diffused light passage
- wispyThin and insubstantial
- gossamerFilmy, delicate material
- insubstantialLacking physical or material substance
- vaporousLike a gas, diffuse
diaphanous · intangible · shadowy · luminous · glowing · fading · flickering · shimmering
Perception without external cause
- mirageAtmospheric optical deception
- illusionMisleading sensory impression
- delusionStubbornly held false belief
- phantasmagoriaShifting sequence of illusions
premonition · prophecy · revelation · omen · portent · foresight · seer · oracle
Disturbingly strange
- spookyUnsettlingly strange
- creepyDisturbingly strange
- chillingCausing fear or cold
- uncannyEerily beyond normal
ominous · frightening · dread · terror · supernatural · paranormal · malevolent · foreboding
Extrasensory perception ability
- mediumshipCommunicating with the dead
- channelingDirecting flow or energy
- spiritualismCommunion with the deceased
- parapsychologyStudy of extrasensory phenomena
ESP · aura · psi · psychical · telepathy · séance · sensitive · contact
Pennsylvania battle site
- headless horsemanRider lacking cranium
- La LloronaWailing woman ghost
- Flying DutchmanLegendary cursed nautical specter
- bansheeDeath-foretelling Irish spirit
hitchhiker · legends · hauntings · ancestral · restless
phantom
Insubstantial apparition
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- wraithSpectral apparition of someone
- poltergeistDisruptive supernatural entity
spirit · revenant · banshee · shade · spook · ectoplasm · haunt · phantasm · spectre · eidolon
translucent
Permitting diffused light passage
- wispyThin and insubstantial
- gossamerFilmy, delicate material
- insubstantialLacking physical or material substance
vaporous · diaphanous · intangible · shadowy · luminous · glowing · fading · flickering · shimmering · pale
hallucination
Perception without external cause
- mirageAtmospheric optical deception
- illusionMisleading sensory impression
- delusionStubbornly held false belief
phantasmagoria · premonition · prophecy · revelation · omen · portent · foresight · seer · oracle · visionary
eerie
Disturbingly strange
uncanny · ominous · frightening · dread · terror · supernatural · paranormal · malevolent · foreboding · sinister
clairvoyance
Extrasensory perception ability
- mediumshipCommunicating with the dead
- channelingDirecting flow or energy
- spiritualismCommunion with the deceased
parapsychology · ESP · aura · psi · psychical · telepathy · séance · sensitive · contact · communication
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania battle site
- headless horsemanRider lacking cranium
- La LloronaWailing woman ghost
- Flying DutchmanLegendary cursed nautical specter
banshee · hitchhiker · legends · hauntings · ancestral · restless
- CatholicismVatican, cardinals, pope, Holy Communion, popes
- paranormalghosts, paranormal, haunting, poltergeist, paranormal phenomena
- supernaturalghosts, ghost, witches, spirits, vampire
- ghostsghosts, phantoms, specter, specters, phantom
- Gothicgargoyle, gothic fiction, pointed arch, gothic architecture, flying buttress
- Gothic horrorghost story, haunted houses, Dracula, vampires, Frankenstein
apparitionsflesh and blood
One's close relatives
living creatures · real people · realities · substances · beings
- ghostly apparitionsVisible manifestations of spirits