Definitions for phantom

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phantom phan·tom

Spelling: [fan-tuh m]

IPA: /ˈfæn təm/

Phantom is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 178 anagrams from letters in phantom (ahmnopt).

Definitions for phantom

noun

1. an apparition or specter.
2. an appearance or illusion without material substance, as a dream image, mirage, or optical illusion.
3. a person or thing of merely illusory power, status, efficacy, etc.:
4. 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.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or of the nature of a phantom; illusory:
2. Electricity. noting or pertaining to a phantom circuit.
3. named, included, or recorded but nonexistent; fictitious:

Origin of phantom

1250-1300; Middle English fantosme Middle French, Old French Latin phantasma phantasm

Examples for phantom

As this begins to set in, the phantom caller morphs into Lori, who whispers to her husband, “What happened, Rick?”

Doctors, patients, a phantom lawyer (“I spoke with the patient at length, but he is still refusing…”)?

The phantom that my mind pursued, was another and more real child.

That which would remain in the cupel if one should assay a phantom.

He looked after his wife fixedly, without a word, as though she had been a phantom.

In March, they were in New York and joined by Liza Minnelli to catch the opening performance of The phantom of the Opera.

A phantom of him moving silent about the house fill the part as well!

The sanctuary the phantom callers promise comes with a price.

This spurred Creative Director Adam Isgreen, who also worked on Killer Instinct, to outline of a phantom Dust reboot—just in case.

What phantom of the brain did he pursue; and why did he look down so constantly?