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- pronunciation:
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- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
an unreal or illusory figure, such as a ghost or specter; apparition.
She believed it was a phantom she'd seen at the top of the stairs, illumined by an eerie light.- synonyms:
- apparition, ghost, phantasm, shade, specter, spirit, spook, wraith
- similar words:
- banshee, chimera, demon, devil, fiend, hallucination, incubus, phantasmagoria, succubus
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| definition 2: |
a mental image that has no physical reality.
She wrestled with these fearful phantoms in her mind.- synonyms:
- figment, hallucination, illusion, vision
- similar words:
- chimera, delusion, fancy, fantasy, ghost, image, mirage
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nonentity, presence |
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of, relating to, or characteristic of a ghost or phantom; unreal.
Many sailors claimed that they'd seen the phantom ship afloat in the moonlight.- synonyms:
- ghostly, spectral
- similar words:
- delusive, illusory, imaginary, incorporeal, shadowy, spiritual, unreal
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| definition 2: |
seemingly real but actually nonexistent.
The pitiable man was in terror of phantom persecutors.Though the soldier's leg had been amputated, he felt phantom pain in it.- synonyms:
- chimerical, delusive, illusory, imaginary, insubstantial, nonexistent, unreal, unsubstantial, visionary
- similar words:
- airy, fanciful, fantastic, immaterial, spectral
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| related words: |
fugitive, supernatural |
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| derivation: |
phantomlike (adj.) |
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