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- DictionaryPhan·tom/ˈfan(t)əm/
noun
- 1. a ghost: "a phantom who haunts lonely roads"
PHANTOM meaning: 1. a spirit of a dead person believed by some to visit the living as a pale, almost transparent…. Learn more.
1. a. an apparition or spectre. b. ( as modifier ): a phantom army marching through the sky. 2. the visible representation of something abstract, esp as appearing in a dream or hallucination: phantoms of evil haunted his sleep. 3. something apparently unpleasant or horrific that has no material form. 4.
Definitions of phantom. noun. something existing in perception only. synonyms: apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, shadow. see more. noun. a ghostly appearing figure. synonyms: apparition, fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, specter, spectre. see more. adjective. apparently sensed but having no physical reality. “seemed to hear faint phantom bells”
Britannica Dictionary definition of PHANTOM. [count] 1. : the soul of a dead person thought of as living in an unseen world or as appearing to living people : ghost. The book is about the phantoms that are said to haunt the nation's cemeteries. 2. : something that is not real and exists only in a person's mind.
Apr 17, 2024 · A ghost or apparition. Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; an image that appears only in the mind; an illusion or delusion. ( bridge) A placeholder for a pair of players when there are an odd number of pairs playing. (medical imaging) A test object.
a person or thing of merely illusory power, status, efficacy, etc.: the phantom of fear. 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.
noun. an apparition or specter. an appearance or illusion without material substance, as a dream image, mirage, or optical illusion. a person or thing of merely illusory power, status, efficacy, etc.: the phantom of fear.
