revenant
One who returns
A revenant is someone who returns, especially from the dead.
The word carries gothic and supernatural overtones—ghosts, vampires, and the undead are revenants.
More loosely, anyone who reappears after a long absence might be called a revenant: He showed up at the reunion like a revenant from our college days.
Visible supernatural manifestation
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- wraithSpectral apparition of someone
- shadeDarkness from blocked light
spirit · haunt · phantasm · visitant · manifestation · ectoplasm · translucent · intangible
Revival from death
- reappearanceComing back into view
- comebackRecovery after decline
- resurgenceReturn after dormancy
- risenMoved upward already
returned · reborn · restoration · emergence · manifestation · unexpected · long-lost · survivor
Reanimated dead body
- vampireBlood-drinking undead creature
- ghoulUndead flesh-eating demon
- lichUndead mage with phylactery
- wightArchaic term for creature
mummy · reanimated · corpse · cadaver · risen · necromancy · graveyard · crypt
Punishment for wrongdoing
- grudgePersistent resentment toward someone
- avengerRetribution dealer
- nemesisPersistent source of ruin
- wrathFierce, punishing anger
wronged · scorned · justice · pursuit · relentless · obsession · tormentor · victim
Possessing spirit, Hebrew lore
- fetchGo get and return
- doppelgangerSupernatural duplicate of oneself
- eidolonGhostly image or apparition
- shadeDarkness from blocked light
Extreme fear or disgust
- thrillerSuspense-driven narrative genre
- gothicDark, mysterious aesthetic
- supernaturalBeyond natural explanation
- filmMovie or coating
novel · creature · antagonist · protagonist · narrative · suspense · dread · mystery
apparition
Visible supernatural manifestation
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- wraithSpectral apparition of someone
shade · spirit · haunt · phantasm · visitant · manifestation · ectoplasm · translucent · intangible · materialization
resurrection
Revival from death
- reappearanceComing back into view
- comebackRecovery after decline
- resurgenceReturn after dormancy
risen · returned · reborn · restoration · emergence · manifestation · unexpected · long-lost · survivor · homecoming
zombie
Reanimated dead body
wight · mummy · reanimated · corpse · cadaver · risen · necromancy · graveyard · crypt · tomb
retribution
Punishment for wrongdoing
wrath · wronged · scorned · justice · pursuit · relentless · obsession · tormentor · victim · reckoning
dybbuk
Possessing spirit, Hebrew lore
- fetchGo get and return
- doppelgangerSupernatural duplicate of oneself
- eidolonGhostly image or apparition
horror
Extreme fear or disgust
- thrillerSuspense-driven narrative genre
- gothicDark, mysterious aesthetic
- supernaturalBeyond natural explanation
film · novel · creature · antagonist · protagonist · narrative · suspense · dread · mystery · revelation
- mythical creaturesdragon, dragons, vampire, vampires, werewolf
- spiritghost, specter, phantom, apparition, soul
- supernaturalghosts, ghost, witches, spirits, vampire
- supernatural beingsghost, demon, phantom, specter, banshee
- Vampiresvampire, vampires, vampirism, fangs, coffin
- Zombieszombie, zombies, undead, walkers, walker
revenantcorpse
Deceased human body
cadaver · mortal · the quick · decedent · flesh and blood
- The RevenantOne risen from death