eidolon
Ghost or specter
An eidolon is a phantom, specter, or ghostly double.
The word comes from Greek for "image" or "form," and retains a literary, elevated quality.
In ancient contexts, an eidolon was the shade of a deceased person—a soul's visible manifestation.
More broadly, it can mean an idealized image or representation: He chased an eidolon of success that existed only in his mind.
Apparition of the dead
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
- wraithSpectral apparition of someone
- shadeDarkness from blocked light
specter · spirit · phantasm · revenant · haunt · manifestation · visitation · visitant
Returned light or thought
- likenessVisual similarity or representation
- simulacrumImitative stand-in for reality
- doubleTwice the amount
- doppelgangerSupernatural duplicate of oneself
semblance · replica · echo · mirror · twin · counterpart · representation · projection
Flawless model to emulate
- exemplarTypical perfect instance
- archetypeOriginal model for copies
- epitomePerfect representative of type
- quintessencePurest embodiment of something
perfection · apotheosis · model · pinnacle · acme · zenith · standard · benchmark
ghost
Apparition of the dead
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
- wraithSpectral apparition of someone
shade · specter · spirit · phantasm · revenant · haunt · manifestation · visitation · visitant · banshee
reflection
Returned light or thought
- likenessVisual similarity or representation
- simulacrumImitative stand-in for reality
- doubleTwice the amount
doppelganger · semblance · replica · echo · mirror · twin · counterpart · representation · projection · silhouette
paragon
Flawless model to emulate
- exemplarTypical perfect instance
- archetypeOriginal model for copies
- epitomePerfect representative of type
quintessence · perfection · apotheosis · model · pinnacle · acme · zenith · standard · benchmark · prototype
reminiscence
Recalling past experiences
- recollectionRecalled mental image
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
- reverieAbstracted, pleasant daydream
nostalgia · anamnesis · trace · impression · afterglow · vestige · remnant · haunting · lingering · echo
- supernatural beingsghost, demon, phantom, specter, banshee
- ghostsapparitions, ghosts, apparition, phantoms, specter
- spiritsghost, vodka, rum, whiskey, brandy
- illusionsmirage, optical illusion, hallucination, illusion, afterimage
- imaginationimagination, daydreaming, daydreams, fantasies, fantasy
- intangiblesabstraction, ideas, trust, concept, morale
eidolonflesh and blood
One's close relatives
living being · corporeal form · physical body · mortal · living thing