Phantom
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈfæntəm/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Phantom is a noun meaning A ghost or apparition.
Meaning
A ghost or apparition.
More Meanings
- (bridge) A placeholder for a pair of players when there are an odd number of pairs playing.
- (medicine, imaging) A test object that reproduces the characteristics of human tissue.
- (colloquial, uncountable) Short for phantom power
- Illusive.
- Fictitious or nonexistent.
- Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; an image that appears only in the mind; an illusion or delusion.
Example Sentences
a phantom limb
[…] (it was the town's humour to be always gassing of phantom investors who were likely to come any moment and pay a thousand prices for everything) — “[…] Them rich fellers, they don't make no bad breaks with their money. […]”
Word Forms
- phantoms
Synonyms for phantom
Depending on context, synonyms include ghost, specter, apparition, spectre, unreal, shadow.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include specter, spectre, apparition, shadow, unreal, spook.
Related Dictionary Tools
Sources & Attribution
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.