Definitions:

1. a ghostly appearing figure noun
   • we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us
2. an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly noun
   • natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger
3. something existing in perception only noun
   • a ghostly apparition at midnight
4. the appearance of a ghostlike figure noun
   • I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter

Synonyms:

• fantasm
• phantasm
• phantasma
• phantom
• shadow
• specter
• spectre

NearBy Words:

• apparitional