revenant

Meaning

Noun

1. Someone who returns from a long absence.
2. A person or thing reborn.
3. A supernatural being that returns from the dead; a zombie or ghost.

Adj

Returning.

Synonyms

spirit

recurring

ghost

👻

ghostlike

phantasm

restless

specter

spectre

uneasy

wild

wraith

zombie

🧟

zombi

departed soul

unpeaceful

apparition

unpeaceable

apparitional

doppelganger

Translations

Wiedergänger

resucitado

Geist eines Verstorbenen

Widergänger

revenant

récidivé

aparecido

espectro

fantasma

👻

renacido

örek

zombi

🧟

aparecida

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹɛvənənt/

Etymology

19th century. From French revenant, the present participle of revenir (“to return”). Compare revenue.