phantasmal

Meaning

1. Of or pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, a phantasm (“something seen but having no physical reality”); imaginary, unreal.
2. Of or pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, a phantasm (“something seen but having no physical reality”); imaginary, unreal.
3. Of or pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, a phantasm (“something seen but having no physical reality”); imaginary, unreal.

Synonyms

spectral

ghostly

apparitional

ghostlike

spiritual

unreal

illusory

phantasmic

phantom

shadowy

Translations

fantomatique

وهمي

geisterhaft

φαντασματικός

spectral

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fænˈtæzml̩/

Etymology

From phantasm or phantasma (“phantasm”) + -al (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives).