Phantom

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; a ghost or an apparition.
  • n. Something elusive or delusive.
  • n. An image that appears only in the mind; an illusion.
  • n. Something dreaded or despised.
  • adj. Resembling, characteristic of, or being a phantom; illusive.
  • adj. Fictitious; nonexistent: phantom employees on the payroll.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; a ghost or apparition; something elusive or delusive.
  • n. An image that appears only in the mind; an illusion.
  • adj. illusive
  • adj. fictitious or nonexistent
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. That which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal image.
  • adj. Being, or of the nature of, a phantom.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Appearance merely; illusion; unreality; fancy; delusion; deception; deceit.
  • n. A phantasm; a specter or apparition; an imagined vision; an optical illusion.
  • n. Same as manikin, 2.
  • Apparent merely; illusive; spectral; ghostly: as, a phantom ship.
  • n. A phantom crystal.
  • n. A map or diagram of the magnetic field made by strewing iron filings upon a plate of glass-or other smooth surface and allowing them to arrange themselves along the lines of force.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a ghostly appearing figure
  • n. something existing in perception only
  • adj. something apparently sensed but having no physical reality
  • Equivalent
    unreal   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    apparition    specter    phantasm    sprite    apparitional    ghostly    ideal    ghost   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bantam    annum    bantam    canam    granum   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ghostly    spectral    imaginary    invisible    mysterious    apparition    thy    heavenly    fleeting    fairy