Synonyms for spectral
- adjective
Most common
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Ghostly
ghostly, shadowy, supernatural, ghastly, spiritual, visionary, phantasmal, apparitional, fantastic, unreal, ghostlike, phantomlike, imaginary
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Of, or pertaining to, spectres; ghostly.
The spectral chain-rattling and moans gave me the chills.
Related words
- Phrases
- spectral bat spectral owl
Example sentences
- shadowy Kalman saw a shadowy figure lurking in the dark.
- ghostly Tobias doesn't believe in ghostly hitchhikers.
- cadaverous That cadaverous smell almost made me vomit.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| spectral | steady | |
| shadowy | rising | |
| ghostly | rising | |
| phantasmal | rising | |
| apparitional | rising | |
| cadaverous | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- unreal2
- 7 letters
- shadowy3, ghostly2, ghastly2
- 9 letters
- fantastic3, spiritual4, imaginary5, visionary4, ghostlike2
- 10 letters
- cadaverous, phantasmal
- 11 letters
- illusionary5, phantomlike
- 12 letters
- supernatural5, apparitional
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (unreal2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- spectral
- Italiano
- spettrale
- Deutsch
- gespenstisch