noun
1. a ghostly appearing figure
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we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us
• Derivationally related forms: ↑phantasmal
• Hypernyms: ↑spirit, ↑disembodied spirit
• Hyponyms: ↑Flying Dutchman
2. something existing in perception only
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a ghostly apparition at midnight
• Syn: ↑apparition, ↑phantom, ↑phantasm, ↑fantasm, ↑shadow
• Derivationally related forms: ↑shadowy (for: ↑shadow), ↑phantasmal
• Hyponyms:
↑unidentified flying object, ↑UFO, ↑flying saucer, ↑Flying Dutchman, ↑ghost, ↑shade, ↑spook, ↑wraith, ↑specter, ↑spectre
Useful english dictionary. 2012.