apparition

Other forms of apparition

plural

apparitions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about apparition

What does apparition mean?

apparition means "a ghostly appearing figure". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in apparition?

apparition has 4 syllables: ap-pa-rit-ion. The stress falls on "rit". In IPA it is /ˌæpɚˈɪʃən/.

What is another word for apparition?

Close synonyms include phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is apparition a common word?

apparition is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with apparition?

4 words rhyme with apparition. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.