Synonyms & related words for spectre

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of spectre. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to spectre

Explore words related to spectre — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include specter, ghost, wraith, phantom, apparition, phantasm, fantasm, spook. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does spectre come from?

The word spectre breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: spect, from Latin spectrum (“apparition, image”); and -re, from Latin -rum (“noun/instrument suffix”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.