apparition

(n) a ghostly appearing figure
- we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us
fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, spectre, specter,
(n) the appearance of a ghostlike figure
- I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter
(n) something existing in perception only
- a ghostly apparition at midnight
fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow,
(n) an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly
- natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger

fantasm phantasm phantasma phantom spectre specter shadow

apparitional