Apparition

Noun

 * 1) An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
 * 2) The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
 * 3) An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially something such as a ghost or phantom.
 * 4) (Astronomy) The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured;&mdash;opposed to occultation.

Adjectives for Apparition
false; glorious; formidable; celestial; enchanting; distinguished; impatient; frightful; phenomenal; monstrous; intruding;startling; soulless; personal; exquisite; grisly; blushing; unpleasant; bloody; fantastic;overwhelming; ill-omened; black; ghostly;miraculous; horrid; singular; continuous.

Verbs for Apparition
authenticate—; believe in —; disprove—;divine—; exhibit—; generate—; imagine—;occasion—; perceive—; produce—; shroud—; summon—; —s abound; —appears; — comes forth; —groans ; —haunts; —lures; —suspends; —vanishes; —warns.

Thesaurus
appearance; appearing; arising; astral; astral spirit; avatar; banshee; bogey; brainchild; bubble; chimera; coming; coming into being; coming-forth; control; corposant; delirium; delusion; departed spirit; disclosure; disembodied spirit; duppy; dybbuk; eidolon; emergence; epiphany; exposure; false image; fancy; fantasque; fantasy; fiction; figment; figure; form; forthcoming; ghost; grateful dead; guide; hallucination; hant; haunt; idle fancy; idolum; illusion; image; imagery; imagination; imagining; immateriality; incarnation; incorporeal; incorporeal being; incorporeity; insubstantial image; invention; issuance; larva; lemures; maggot; make-believe; manes; manifestation; marshfire; materialization; materializing; mirage; myth; occurrence; oni; opening; phantasm; phantasma; phantasmagoria; phantom; phasm; phenomenon; poltergeist; presence; presentation; realization; revelation; revenant; rise; rising; romance; shade; shadow; shape; showing; showing forth; shrouded spirit; sick fancy; specter; spectral ghost; spectrum; spirit; spook; sprite; theophany; thick-coming fancies; trip; umbra; unfolding; unfoldment; unsubstantiality; vapor; vision; waking dream; walking dead man; wandering soul; whim; whimsy; wildest dream; wildest dreams; wraith; zombie

Etymology
From apparition:, from  apparitio:, from appareo:.

Pronunciation

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Synonyms

 * appearance
 * vision
 * See also Thesaurus:ghost

Related terms

 * apparent
 * appearance

Translations

 * Bulgarian: появяване
 * Finnish: ilmestyminen, ilmaantuminen
 * Italian:


 * Portuguese: aparição
 * Romanian: apariție, ivire
 * Russian:


 * Finnish:
 * Italian:


 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 幽靈, 幽灵, 鬼魂
 * Croatian:
 * Finnish:


 * Italian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:, ,
 * Spanish: aparición


 * Bulgarian: видимост
 * Finnish: ilmestyminen


 * Italian:

Noun

 * 1) appearance
 * 2) ghost
 * 3)  plate appearance