English Explanatory Dictionary

phantasmal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of or pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, a phantasm (“something seen but having no physical reality”); imaginary, unreal.
Of or pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, a phantom (“apparition or ghost”); ghostly, spectral.
Of or pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, a phantasm (“perception or vision of a living or dead person who is not physically present, often through telepathy”).

Pronunciation

/fænˈtæzml̩/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-phantasmal.wav /fænˈtæzməl/ En-us-phantasmal.oga

Word forms

phantasmal more phantasmal most phantasmal fantasmal

Etymology

From phantasm or phantasma (“phantasm”) + -al (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives).

Synonyms

phantasmatic phantasmatical phantasmic phantasmical phantomatic apparitional ghastly ghostish ghostlike ghostly phantomic phantomlike phantasmal spectral spooky wraithlike wraithy

Related words

fantasmatic phantasmatic phantasm phantasma phantasmagoria phantasmatical phantasmic phantasmical phantasmically phantastic phantastical phantastically phantasy phantom phantomatic

Derived words

phantasmalian phantasmality phantasmally

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