spectre
nounDivide spectre into syllables:
spec · tre
How to pronounce spectre:
Definition of spectre:
- spectre (noun):
- a ghost
- a visible disembodied spirit ghost
- a mental representation of some haunting experience.
Synonyms for spectre:
apparition
bogey
bogie
bogy
daimon
demon
eidolon
familiar
familiar spirit
fantasm
ghost
ghoul
hant
haunt
kehua
materialization
phantasm
phantasma
phantom
poltergeist
presence
shade
shadow
specter
spirit
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Antonyms for spectre:
actuality
animate
being
brightness
certainty
concrete
corporeality
entity
fact
gap
light
materiality
reality
truth
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- stylize
- bothered
- cutlasses
- graphic
- Israel
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