'Specter' definitions:
Definition of 'specter'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Specter'
From: GCIDE
- Specter \Spec"ter\, Spectre \Spec"tre\, n. [F. spectre, fr. L. spectrum an appearance, image, specter, fr. specere to look. See Spy, and cf. Spectrum.]
- 1. Something preternaturally visible; an apparition; a ghost; a phantom. [1913 Webster]
- The ghosts of traitors from the bridge descend, With bold fanatic specters to rejoice. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) (a) The tarsius. (b) A stick insect. [1913 Webster]
- Specter bat (Zool.), any phyllostome bat.
- Specter candle (Zool.), a belemnite.
- Specter shrimp (Zool.), a skeleton shrimp. See under Skeleton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'specter'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apparition,
- appearance,
- atua,
- bogey,
- bogeyman,
- bugaboo,
- bugbear,
- daemon,
- demon,
- Dracula,
- eidolon,
- evil spirits,
- fantasy,
- fee-faw-fum,
- figure,
- form,
- Frankenstein,
- frightener,
- genius,
- ghost,
- ghoul,
- hobgoblin,
- holy terror,
- horror,
- idolum,
- image,
- incubus,
- intelligence,
- monster,
- nightmare,
- ogre,
- ogress,
- phantasm,
- phantasma,
- phantasmagoria,
- phantom,
- presence,
- revenant,
- scarebabe,
- scarecrow,
- scarer,
- shade,
- shadow,
- shape,
- spirit,
- succubus,
- supernatural being,
- terror,
- umbra,
- vampire,
- vision,
- waking dream,
- werewolf,
- wildest dream,
- Wolf-man,
- wraith