eidolon

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ei=do=lon

CIDE DICTIONARY

eidolon, n. [NL., fr. Gr. image. See Idol.].

 An image or representation; a form; a phantom; an apparition.  Sir W. Scott.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

eidolon, n. (pl. eidolons or eidola)
1 a spectre; a phantom.
2 an idealized figure.

Etymology

Gk eidolon: see IDOL

THESAURUS

eidolon

Masan, angle, apparition, appearance, aspect, astral, astral spirit, banshee, brainchild, bubble, chimera, configuration, control, delirium, departed spirit, disembodied spirit, duppy, dybbuk, effect, facet, fancy, fantasque, fantasy, fashion, feature, fiction, figment, figure, form, gestalt, ghost, grateful dead, guide, guise, hallucination, hant, haunt, idle fancy, idolum, illusion, image, imagery, imagination, imagining, imago, immateriality, impression, incorporeal, incorporeal being, incorporeity, insubstantial image, invention, larva, lemures, light, likeness, lineaments, look, maggot, make-believe, manes, manner, materialization, myth, oni, phantasm, phantasma, phantasmagoria, phantom, phase, phasis, poltergeist, presence, reference, regard, respect, revenant, romance, seeming, semblance, shade, shadow, shape, shrouded spirit, sick fancy, side, simulacrum, slant, specter, spectral ghost, spirit, spook, sprite, style, theophany, thick-coming fancies, total effect, trip, twist, unsubstantiality, vapor, view, viewpoint, vision, waking dream, walking dead man, wandering soul, whim, whimsy, wildest dream, wildest dreams, wise, wraith, zombie

ROGET THESAURUS

eidolon

Idea

N idea, notion, conception, thought, apprehension, impression, perception, image, eidolon, sentiment, reflection, observation, consideration, abstract idea, archetype, formative notion, guiding conception, organizing conception, image in the mind, regulative principle, view, theory, conceit, fancy, phantasy, point of view, field of view.