Noun: fantasm fan-ta-zum
- Something existing in perception only
"a ghostly fantasm at midnight";
- apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, shadow
- A ghostly appearing figure
"we were unprepared for the fantasm that confronted us";
- apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, specter [US], spectre [Brit, Cdn]
Derived forms: fantasms
Type of: disembodied spirit, illusion, semblance, spirit
Encyclopedia: Fantasm