Definition of phantom Phantom

/fæˈntʌm/ - [fantum] - phan•tom

We found 10 definitions of phantom from 6 different sources.

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What does phantom mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

phantom, phantommer, phantommest

phantom - something apparently sensed but having no physical reality; "seemed to hear faint phantom bells"; "the amputee's illusion of a phantom limb"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • phantom (n.)
    That which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal image.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • phantom
    A ghostly appearing figure.
  • phantom
    Something existing in perception only.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • phantom
    fan′tom, n. a phantasm.—adj. illusive, spectral.—adj. Phantomat′ic, relating to a phantom. [O. Fr. fantosme—Gr. phantasma.]

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  • phantom, noun, singular of phantoms.
  • phantom, adjective.

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