Synonyms of apparition

1. apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter, spectre, spirit, disembodied spirit: usage: a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"
2. apparition, appearance: usage: the appearance of a ghostlike figure; "I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter"
3. apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, shadow, illusion, semblance: usage: something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight"
4. apparition, appearance: usage: an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly; "natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger"