a ghostly appearing figure; we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us
[ Syn: phantom , phantasm , phantasma , fantasm , specter , spectre ]
the appearance of a ghostlike figure; I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter'
something existing in perception only; a ghostly apparition at midnight
an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly; natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger'