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/ˈfantəm/

noun
- 1. a ghost: "a phantom who haunts lonely roads" Similar ghostapparitionspiritspectrewraithshadowbodachduppyinformal:spookliterary:phantasmshaderevenantwightrare:eidolonmanes
- ▪ a figment of the imagination: "he tried to clear the phantoms from his head and grasp reality" Similar figment of the imaginationdelusionhallucinationillusionchimeravisionfantasymiragerare:phantasm
- ▪ not real; illusory: "a phantom conspiracy"
- ▪ denoting a financial arrangement or transaction which has been invented for fraudulent purposes: "he diverted an estimated £1,500,000 into ‘phantom’ bank accounts"
Word Origin Middle English (also in the sense ‘illusion, delusion’): from Old French fantosme, based on Greek phantasma (see phantasm).
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: suggesting or being a phantom : a model of the body or one of its parts : a body of material resembling a body or bodily part in mass, composition, and dimensions and used to measure absorption of radiations Nglish: Translation of phantom for Spanish Speakers Britannica English: Translation of phantom for Arabic Speakers Love words?

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PHANTOM definition: 1. a spirit of a dead person believed by some to visit the living as a pale, almost transparent…. Learn more.

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From an unused root meaning to shade; a phantom, i.e. (figuratively) illusion, resemblance; hence, a representative figure, especially an idol -- image, vain shew. NAS: mice and the likenesses of their tumors. KJV: of gold and the images of their emerods. NAS: You will despise their form. KJV: thou shalt despise their image.

Strong's Hebrew: 6754. צֶ֫לֶם (tselem) -- an image

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an appearance or illusion without material substance, as a dream image, mirage, or optical illusion. the phantom of fear. an illustration, part of which is given a transparent effect so as to permit representation of details otherwise hidden from view, as the inner workings of a mechanical device. a phantom sea serpent.

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phantom: 1 n something existing in perception only Synonyms: apparition , fantasm , phantasm , phantasma , shadow Types: UFO , flying saucer , unidentified flying object an (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown; especially those considered to have extraterrestrial origins Flying Dutchman a phantom ship that is said to appear in ...