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Synonyms for specter
ˈspɛk tərspecter

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Princeton's WordNet2.0 / 2 votes

  1. ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectrenoun

    a mental representation of some haunting experience

    "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"

    Synonyms:
    phantasma, phantom, wraith, shade, shadowiness, shadiness, touch, weirdo, weirdy, nuance, weirdie, ghost, tincture, ghostwriter, tint, nicety, apparition, trace, phantasm, tad, spectre, spook, subtlety, tone, creep, fantasm, refinement

  2. apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter, spectrenoun

    a ghostly appearing figure

    "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"

    Synonyms:
    spook, phantasma, shade, phantasm, shadow, apparition, ghost, fantasm, phantom, wraith, spectre

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  1. specternoun

    Synonyms:
    phantom, apparition, shade, ghost, manes, spirit, wraith, spook

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  1. List of paraphrases for "specter":

    spector, spectre, spectrum, ghost, phantom

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How to use specter in a sentence?

  1. Mario Draghi:

    Lack of structural reforms raises the specter of permanent economic divergence between members, and insofar as this threatens the essential cohesion of the Union, this has potentially damaging consequences for all.

  2. Jesse M. Furman:

    ‘specter’ of something purely hypothetical plainly does not warrant an adjournment.

  3. Benigno Aquino on Friday:

    Uncertainty and the specter of a dictatorship are looming over our country once again.

  4. White House:

    Throughout his confirmation process, Judge Kavanaugh has had 65 meetings with senators -- including with Sen. Feinstein -- sat through over 30 hours of testimony, addressed over 2,000 questions in a public setting and additional questions in a confidential session. Not until the eve of his confirmation has Sen. Feinstein or anyone raised the specter of new' information' about him.

  5. Steve Vladeck:

    Even for those providers who are confident that what they're doing is within the letter of the law, they face the specter of potentially ruinous litigation. They can't stop it. They can't avoid it. They can't pre-empt it.


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