Noun Definition

apparition

1.Definition: a ghostly appearing figure

"We were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"

Related Noun(s):fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, specter, spectre

Category: People

2.Definition: an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly

"Natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger"

Category: General

3.Definition: something existing in perception only

"A ghostly apparition at midnight"

Related Noun(s):fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow

Category: General

4.Definition: the appearance of a ghostlike figure

"I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter"

Category: General