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1. (n.) phantom
an apparition or specter.
2. phantom
an appearance or illusion without material substance, as a mirage or optical illusion.
3. phantom
a person or thing of merely illusory power, status, efficacy, etc.:
the phantom of fear.
4. (adj.) phantom
of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a phantom; illusory:
a phantom ship; an amputee with a phantom limb.
5. phantom
nonexistent; fictitious:
phantom employees on the payroll.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME fantosme < MF, OF < L phantasmaphantasm)
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| Definition of 'phantom' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter, spectre
a ghostly appearing figure
"we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"
2. (adj) apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, shadow
something existing in perception only
"a ghostly apparition at midnight"
3. (adj) phantom
something apparently sensed but having no physical reality
"seemed to hear faint phantom bells"; "the amputee's illusion of a phantom limb"
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1. (noun) phantom
a ghost
phantoms and ghosts
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) phantom
that which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal image
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Sense: a ghost
The castle is said to be haunted by a phantom.
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 Afrikaans: spook |
 Arabic: شَبَح |
 Bulgarian: призрак |
 Brazilian: fantasma |
 Czech: zjevení, přízrak |
 German: die Erscheinung |
 Danish: spøgelse |
 Greek: φάντασμα |
 Spanish: fantasma |
 Estonian: viirastus |
 Farsi: روح |
 Finnish: haamu |
 French: fantôme |
 Hebrew: רוּחַ |
 Hindi: प्रेत |
 Croatian: prikaza, sablast |
 Hungarian: kísértet |
 Indonesian: hantu |
 Icelandic: draugur, vofa |
 Italian: fantasma |
 Japanese: 幻 |
 Korean: 유령 |
 Lithuanian: šmėkla, vaiduoklis |
 Latvian: fantoms; spoks |
 Malay: hantu |
 Dutch: spook |
 Norwegian: fantom, spøkelse |
 Polish: widmo |
 Persian: روح |
 Pashto: بلا، شبح ، هغه خيالى شيان |
 Portuguese: fantasma |
 Romanian: fantomă |
 Russian: призрак |
 Slovak: prízrak |
 Slovenian: prikazen |
 Serbian: fantom |
 Swedish: spöke, vålnad |
 Thai: ผี |
 Turkish: hayalet, hortlak |
 Taiwanese: 鬼魂，幽靈 |
 Ukrainian: фантом, примара |
 Urdu: بھوت |
 Vietnamese: bóng ma |
 Chinese: 幻影，幽灵 |
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