Phantom meaning
The definition of a phantom is something that seems real but does not exist.
An example of a phantom is a phantom pain in an amputated leg.
adjective
Fictitious or nonexistent, often when intended to deceive.
Phantom employees on the payroll; deposits in a phantom bank account.
adjective
An image that appears only in the mind; an illusion.
Phantoms of a disturbed mind.
noun
Phantom is a ghost or something that seems to appear but that doesn't actually exist.
A ghost that haunts your house is an example of a phantom.
noun
Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; a ghost or apparition.
noun
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Believed to be real even though illusory.
A phantom pregnancy.
adjective
Being a phantom limb.
A phantom arm.
adjective
Something that exists only in the mind; illusion.
noun
The comic The Phantom, and the character in it by the same name.
pronoun
A model of a human body or body part.
noun
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Resembling, characteristic of, or being a phantom.
Tales of a phantom ship haunting the bay.
adjective
Something feared or dreaded.
noun
A person or thing that is something in appearance but not in fact.
A phantom of a leader.
noun
Any mental image or representation.
The phantoms of things past.
noun
Of, like, or constituting a phantom; not really existing; illusory.
adjective
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A model of a human body or body part.
noun
Believed to be real even though illusory.
A phantom pregnancy.
adjective
Being a phantom limb.
A phantom arm.
adjective
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Something that seems to appear to the sight but has no physical existence; apparition; vision; specter.
noun
Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; a ghost or apparition; something elusive or delusive.
noun
Origin of phantom
- Middle English fantom from Old French fantosme probably from Vulgar Latin phantauma from Greek dialectal phantagma from Greek phantasma phantasm
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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