phantom

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A ghost or apparition.
2. (countable, uncountable) Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; an image that appears only in the mind; an illusion or delusion.
3. (countable, uncountable) A placeholder for a pair of players when there are an odd number of pairs playing.
4. (countable, uncountable) A test object that reproduces the characteristics of human tissue.
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, uncountable) Short for phantom power

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Illusive.
2. (not-comparable) Fictitious or nonexistent.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfæntəm/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: fantome

In summary

Inherited from Middle English fantome, fanteme, from Old French fantosme, fantasme, from Latin phantasma (“an apparition, specter; (in Late Latin also) appearance, image”), from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma, “phantasm, an appearance, image, apparition, specter”), from φαντάζω (phantázō, “I make visible”). Doublet of phantasm.

Synonyms

ghost

👻

apparition

spectre

specter

phantasm

illusion

monster

spirit

fantasm

phantasma

shadow

vision

spectre

goblin

ghostlike

soul

demon

spook

specter

eidolon

jack-o’-lantern

manifestation

manikin

matrix

misconception

mode

model

monstrous

pattern

phantasmal

phantasmic

pixy

prototype

shade

shape

specters

spectral

sprite

supernatural

unaccountable

vampire

🧛

veridical

visitant

visitation

weird

will-o’-the-wisp

epiphany

wrong impression

apprarition

writhlike

Translations

fantôme

👻

fantasma

👻

Phantom

fantasma

👻

fantasma

👻

Gespenst

👻

spettro

Geist

geest

👻

spook

φάντασμα

fantasma

👻

Erscheinung

spectre

👻

blinde