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phantom Definition

phan·tom (fan′təm)

noun

  1. something that seems to appear to the sight but has no physical existence; apparition; vision; specter
  2. something feared or dreaded
  3. something that exists only in the mind; illusion
  4. a person or thing that is something in appearance but not in fact a phantom of a leader
  5. any mental image or representation the phantoms of things past

Etymology: ME fantome, fantosme < OFr fantosme < L phantasma: see phantasm

adjective

of, like, or constituting a phantom; not really existing; illusory

phantom Synonyms

phantom

n.

apparition, specter, shade, illusion, delusion; see also ghost 1.

phantom Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • use: Volumatic data was validated to an accuracy of 1.1 % using glass phantoms.
  • chase: At the same time, this concern with academic credibility is just surely chasing phantoms.
  • sting: More REPORT: Phantoms stung by Bracknell Bees BRACKNELL 7, PHANTOMS 5 PHANTOMS were stung by.. .

Adjective modifier

other: Other phantoms include a Victorian lady in gray and a 'presence ' in the Castle gatehouse.

Modifies a noun

  • airship: Are phantom airships, UFOs and the like all daydreams trying to become reality?
  • limb: Boxed Material: How to move a phantom limb.
  • menace: May 2001: " Phantom Menace " Wandsworth Guardian.
  • footstep: The house is also reputed to be haunted by phantom footsteps which emerge from the site of a priest hole.
  • hound: You wait ages for a phantom hound, and then two come along!
  • monk: The Abbey of Deer, Buchan The area is haunted by a phantom monk, seen in 1929.

Modifying Another Word

largely: By chasing largely phantom rightwing allies, the SWP will quickly alienate the few real members Respect has outside its own ranks.

Noun used with modifier

  • basket: Plays: " Masquerade " Please... More Info Add to basket PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, THE.
  • tissue: The figure below shows the experimental set-up used for the detection of photothermal responses of gelatin tissue phantoms.

Used with adjective complement

face: Scotland's most amusing and ashen faced phantom, Adam Lyal ( deceased ) guides you through the historic setting of St Andrews town.

Preposition: in

accident: However, when Torquemada was reduced to a phantom in the infamous travel wire accident, that was more than any family could bare.

Preposition: of

  • opera: Welcome to the " phantom of the opera " gifts page from CartoonStock.. .
  • explorer: They are beset with the phantoms of explorers who preceded them in time.
  • past: The sisters are now reunited and the phantoms of the past have to be faced.
  • living: There are many such cases of what are called phantoms of the living.
  • woman: Another is that it's the phantom of a woman buried in the churchyard, who died with a guilty secret.