English Explanatory Dictionary

phantom

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A ghost or apparition.
  2. Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; an image that appears only in the mind; an illusion or delusion.
  3. A placeholder for a pair of players when there are an odd number of pairs playing.
  4. A test object that reproduces the characteristics of human tissue.
  5. Short for phantom power
adj
  1. Illusive.
  2. Fictitious or nonexistent.
noun
  1. Nickname of the F-4B jet fighter flown by U.S. marines in Vietnam.
  2. A Rolls-Royce Phantom automobile.

Pronunciation

/ˈfæntəm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-phantom.wav

Word forms

phantom phantoms fantom

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English fantome, fanteme, from Old French fantosme, fantasme, from Latin phantasma (“an apparition, specter; (in Late Latin also) appearance, image”), from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma, “phantasm, an appearance, image, apparition, specter”), from φαντάζω (phantázō, “to make visible”). Doublet of phantasm.

Synonyms

ghost

Related words

fantasy

Derived words

giant phantom jelly phantogram phantomic phantomish phantomism phantomist phantomization phantomize phantomlike phantom orchid phantom powering phantomry phantom share phantomship phantom vibration syndrome phantomwise phantom word phantomy quintom phantom abandoned call phantom bone disease phantom call phantom circuit phantom crane fly phantom debt phantom energy phantom eye syndrome phantom goal phantom island phantom jam phantom limb phantom midge phantomness phantom pain phantom power phantom pregnancy phantom punch phantom reference phantom settlement phantom shiner phantom stock phantom tumour phantom type phantom withdrawal
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