apparition

English Thesaurus

1. an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly (noun.act)

hypernym	:	appearance,
definition	:	the act of appearing in public view (noun.act)

2. something existing in perception only (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	illusion, semblance,
definition	:	an erroneous mental representation (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	flying saucer, ufo, unidentified flying object,
definition	:	an (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown; especially those considered to have extraterrestrial origins (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	flying dutchman,
definition	:	a phantom ship that is said to appear in storms near the Cape of Good Hope (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	ghost, shade, specter, spectre, spook, wraith,
definition	:	a mental representation of some haunting experience (noun.cognition)

3. the appearance of a ghostlike figure (noun.event)

hypernym	:	appearance,
definition	:	the event of coming into sight (noun.event)

4. a ghostly appearing figure (noun.person)

hypernym	:	disembodied spirit, spirit,
definition	:	any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings (noun.person)

hyponym	:	flying dutchman,
definition	:	the captain of a phantom ship (the Flying Dutchman) who was condemned to sail against the wind until Judgment Day (noun.person)

5. an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly (noun.act)

derivation	:	appear,
definition	:	come into sight or view (verb.change)

derivation	:	appear, come along,
definition	:	come into being or existence, or appear on the scene (verb.change)

6. something existing in perception only (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	shadowy, wraithlike,
definition	:	lacking in substance (adj.all)

derivation	:	apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral, spiritual, apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral, spiritual,
definition	:	resembling or characteristic of a phantom (adj.all)

7. an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly (noun.act)

derivation	:	appear,
definition	:	come into sight or view (verb.change)

derivation	:	appear, come along,
definition	:	come into being or existence, or appear on the scene (verb.change)

8. something existing in perception only (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	shadowy, wraithlike,
definition	:	lacking in substance (adj.all)

derivation	:	apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral, spiritual, apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral, spiritual,
definition	:	resembling or characteristic of a phantom (adj.all)