Apparition

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A ghostly figure; a specter.
  • n. A sudden or unusual sight: "[The designer's] indoor-outdoor reversals and juxtapositions call forth a Magritte apparition beneath a Miami moon” ( Herbert Muschamp).
  • n. The act of appearing; appearance.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
  • n. The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
  • n. An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially something such as a ghost or phantom.
  • n. The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured;—opposed to occultation.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
  • n. The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
  • n. An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; a ghost; a specter; a phantom.
  • n. The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; -- opposed to occultation.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of appearing or coming into sight; appearance; the state of being visible; visibility.
  • n. That which appears or becomes visible; an appearance, especially of a remarkable or phenomenal kind.
  • n. Specifically A ghostly appearance; a specter or phantom: now the usual sense of the word.
  • n. In astronomy, the first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been obscured: opposed to occultation.
  • To cause to to appear in phantom form.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a ghostly appearing figure
  • n. something existing in perception only
  • n. an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly
  • n. the appearance of a ghostlike figure
  • Antonym
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    appearance   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    appearance    visibility    form    ghost    specter    phantom    vision   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    revelation    spectacle    vision    ghost    visitation    radiance    manifestation    procession    portent    occurrence