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Wraith

/ɹeɪθ/

A ghost or specter, especially a person's likeness seen just after their death.

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📖 Definitions of "Wraith"

noun

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A ghost or specter, especially a person's likeness seen just after their death.

🔄 Synonyms of "Wraith"

5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
specternoun	A ghostly apparition, a phantom. [from 17th c.]
spectrenoun	British standard spelling of specter.
ghostnoun	A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
shadenoun	(uncountable) Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
spooknoun	(informal) A scare or fright.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Wraith"

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Word	Definition
ghostnoun	A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
specternoun	A ghostly apparition, a phantom. [from 17th c.]
spectrenoun	British standard spelling of specter.
spooknoun	(informal) A scare or fright.
shadenoun	(uncountable) Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
spectrumnoun	Specifically, a range of colours representing light (electromagnetic radiation) of contiguous frequencies; hence electromagnetic spectrum, visible spectrum, ultraviolet spectrum, etc.
spectra	Spectra: A Book of Poetic Experiments was a small volume of poetry published in 1916 by American writers Witter Bynner, who wrote under the pseudonym "Emanuel Morgan", and Arthur Davison Ficke, who wrote as "Anne Knish."
phantomnoun	A ghost or apparition.
visitantnoun	One who visits; a guest; a visitor.
shadownoun	A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
phantasmanoun	Alternative form of phantasm. [Something seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or apparition.]
geistnoun	A surname from German.
entitynoun	That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit, often used for organizations which have no physical form.
phantasmnoun	Something seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or apparition.
apparitionnoun	An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially, one by a ghost, phantom, or suchlike; the entity itself.
spritenoun	(computer graphics) A two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene.
residualnoun	A remainder left over at the end of some process.
spiritnoun	The soul of a person or other creature.
intelligent hauntingnoun	(parapsychology) A specter of a human soul that still retains a varying level of consciousness and can interact in several ways with the living.
spectre at the feastnoun	Alternative form of ghost at the feast. [(idiomatic) A presence that mars one's enjoyment by causing guilt or reviving unwelcome memories.]