Noun: phantom fan-tum
- A ghostly appearing figure
"we were unprepared for the phantom that confronted us";
- apparition, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter [US], spectre [Brit, Cdn]
- Something existing in perception only
"a ghostly phantom at midnight";
- apparition, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, shadow
- Something apparently sensed but having no physical reality
"seemed to hear faint phantom bells"; "the amputee's illusion of a phantom limb"
Derived forms: phantoms
See also: unreal
Type of: disembodied spirit, illusion, semblance, spirit
Encyclopedia: Phantom, Rocker and Slick