Usually means: Ghostly apparition causing fear, unease.
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  1. specter: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. specter: Merriam-Webster
  3. specter: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. specter: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. specter: Collins English Dictionary
  6. specter: Vocabulary.com
  7. Specter, specter: Wordnik
  8. specter: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. specter: Wiktionary
  10. specter: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. specter: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. specter: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. specter: Dictionary.com
  14. specter: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. specter: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Specter (Battlestar Galactica), Specter (comics), Specter: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Specter: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. specter: Rhymezone
  19. Specter: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. specter: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. specter: FreeDictionary.org
  22. specter: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. specter: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. specter: Legal dictionary

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  1. specter: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. SPECTER: Acronym Finder
  2. specter: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. specter: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (specter)

▸ noun:  A ghostly apparition, a phantom. [from 17th c.]
▸ noun:  (figuratively) A threatening mental image; an unpleasant prospect [from 18th c.]
▸ noun:  (entomology) Any of certain species of dragonfly of the genus Boyeria, family Aeshnidae. [from 20th c.]

Similar:
wraith, phantom, spook, ghost, shade, apparition, spectre, ghostlet, ghostess, ghostie, more...

Opposite:
reality, certainty, fact, truth

Phrases:
Arlen Specter, Brocken specter, mountain specter, specter bat, specter candle, more...

Adjectives:
grim, haunting, old, dark, frightening, present, ugly, red, terrifying, constant, horrible

Colors:
    ghost white,     phantom black,     ethereal lavender, more...


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Similar:
wraith, phantom, spook, ghost, shade, apparition, spectre, ghostlet, ghostess, ghostie, more...

Opposite:
reality, certainty, fact, truth

Phrases:
Arlen Specter, Brocken specter, mountain specter, specter bat, specter candle, specter shrimp, specter at the feast, Professor Layton and the Last Specter, Rachel Specter, Electoral history of Arlen Specter, more...

Adjectives:
grim, haunting, old, dark, frightening, present, ugly, red, terrifying, constant, horrible

Colors:
    ghost white,     phantom black,     ethereal lavender, more...



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