apparition meaning and definition

APPARITION noun

Definition of apparition (noun)

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