Nouns

(n)apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter, spectrea ghostly appearing figure“we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us”
(n)apparitionthe appearance of a ghostlike figure“I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter”
(n)apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, shadowsomething existing in perception only“a ghostly apparition at midnight”
(n)apparitionan act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly“natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger”