specter (redirected from Spectre (disambiguation))

spec·ter  (spktr)

n.

1. A ghostly apparition; a phantom.

2. A haunting or disturbing image or prospect: the terrible specter of nuclear war.

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[French spectre, from Latin spectrum, appearance, apparition; see spectrum.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	specter - a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past" ghost, wraith, spectre, spook, shade fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow, apparition - something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight"
	2.	specter - a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us" apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, spectre disembodied spirit, spirit - any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings Flying Dutchman - the captain of a phantom ship (the Flying Dutchman) who was condemned to sail against the wind until Judgment Day