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noun
- 1. a ghost: "a phantom who haunts lonely roads" Similar
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used to describe something that you imagine exists or that appears to exist, although in fact it does not: Although she had to have her leg amputated, she still feels as though she's got a phantom limb.
The meaning of PHANTOM is something apparent to sense but with no substantial existence : apparition. How to use phantom in a sentence.
used to describe something that you imagine exists or that appears to exist, although in fact it does not: Although she had to have her leg amputated, she still feels as though she has a phantom limb.
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.
any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings. adjective. apparently sensed but having no physical reality. “seemed to hear faint phantom bells”. “the amputee's illusion of a phantom limb”. synonyms: unreal.
n. 1. Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; a ghost or apparition. 2. An image that appears only in the mind; an illusion: phantoms of a disturbed mind. 3. Medicine A model of a human body or body part. adj. 1. Resembling, characteristic of, or being a phantom: tales of a phantom ship haunting the bay. 2.
1. something that seems to appear to the sight but has no physical existence; apparition; vision; specter. 2. something feared or dreaded. 3. something that exists only in the mind; illusion. 4. a person or thing that is something in appearance but not in fact. a phantom of a leader.
PHANTOM definition: 1. the spirit of a dead person 2. imagined, not real: . Learn more.
phantom. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English phan‧tom1 /ˈfæntəm/ noun [ countable] literary 1 the image of a dead person or strange thing that someone thinks they see SYN ghost 2 something that exists only in your imagination Examples from the Corpus phantom • She was simply swallowed up like a phantom.
PHANTOM meaning: 1 : the soul of a dead person thought of as living in an unseen world or as appearing to living people ghost; 2 : something that is not real and exists only in a person's mind.
