Phantom - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈfæntəm|
Brit.
|ˈfæntəm|
noun
- a ghostly appearing figure (syn: apparition, fantasm, phantasm, specter, spectre)
- something existing in perception only (syn: apparition, fantasm, phantasm, shadow)
- something existing in perception only (syn: apparition, fantasm, phantasm, shadow)
adjective
- something apparently sensed but having no physical reality
seemed to hear faint phantom bells
the amputee's illusion of a phantom limb
the amputee's illusion of a phantom limb
Extra examples
The book is about the phantoms that are said to haunt the nation's cemeteries.
The crisis is merely a phantom made up by the media.
People claim to have seen a phantom ship floating on the lake.
A number of ballots from phantom voters had to be thrown out.
Phantom contracts were used to make the company seem more successful than it was.
The phantom pen stealer strikes again!
Word forms
noun
singular: phantom
plural: phantoms
singular: phantom
plural: phantoms
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