Phantom - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈfæntəm|  American pronunciation of the word phantom
Brit.  |ˈfæntəm|  British pronunciation of the word phantom

noun

- a ghostly appearing figure (syn: apparition, fantasm, phantasm, specter, spectre)
- 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

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
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