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Definitions for Phantom

[1] an apparition or specter.
[2] an appearance or illusion without material substance, as a dream image, mirage, or optical illusion.
[3] a person or thing of merely illusory power, status, efficacy, etc.: the phantom of fear.
[4] an illustration, part of which is given a transparent effect so as to permit representation of details otherwise hidden from view, as the inner workings of a mechanical device.
[5] of, relating to, or of the nature of a phantom; illusory: a phantom sea serpent.
[6] Electricity . noting or pertaining to a phantom circuit.
[7] named, included, or recorded but nonexistent; fictitious: Payroll checks were made out and cashed for phantom employees.
[8] an apparition or spectre (as modifier ) a phantom army marching through the sky
[9] the visible representation of something abstract, esp as appearing in a dream or hallucination phantoms of evil haunted his sleep
[10] something apparently unpleasant or horrific that has no material form
[11] med another name for manikin (def. 2b)

Words related to Phantom

hallucination, nightmare, daydream, haunt, apparition, spirit, delusion, dream, revenant, illusion, figment, chimera, shade, spook, mirage, shadow, phantasm, specter, vision, wraith

Words nearby Phantom

phantasmagoric, phantasmagory, phantasmal, phantast, phantasy, phantom, phantom circuit, phantom corpuscle, phantom limb, phantom limb pain, phantom pregnancy

Origin of Phantom

1250–1300; Middle English fantosme < Middle French, Old French < Latin phantasma phantasm

Other words from Phantom

phan·tom·like , adjective

Word origin for Phantom

C13: from Old French fantosme, from Latin phantasma phantasm

Synonyms for Phantom

hallucination, apparition, chimera, daydream, delusion, dream, figment, haunt, illusion, mirage, nightmare, phantasm, revenant, shade, shadow, specter, spirit, spook, vision, wraith, eidolon, ignis fatuus