📖 Definitions of "Phantoms"
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
(medical imaging) A test object.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Phantoms"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| specternoun | A ghostly apparition, a phantom. [from 17th c.] |
| spectrenoun | British standard spelling of specter. |
| apparitionnoun | An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially, one by a ghost, phantom, or suchlike; the entity itself. |
| shadownoun | A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object. |
| unreal | Not real or substantial; having no actual presence in reality; lacking the characteristics of reality. |
| fantasiesnoun | (literature) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc. |
| ghostsnoun | a play by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. |
| shadowsnoun | a 1959 American independent drama film directed by John Cassavetes about race relations during the Beat Generation years in New York City. |
| spectra | Spectra: A Book of Poetic Experiments was a small volume of poetry published in 1916 by American writers Witter Bynner, who wrote under the pseudonym "Emanuel Morgan", and Arthur Davison Ficke, who wrote as "Anne Knish." |
| spectresnoun | British standard spelling of specter. |
| phantasmsnoun | Something seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or apparition. |
| phantasmnoun | Something seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or apparition. |
| phantasmal | Of or pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, a phantom (“apparition or ghost”); ghostly, spectral. |
| phantasmic | Like a phantasm; ghostly, unreal. |
| phantasmanoun | Alternative form of phantasm. [Something seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or apparition.] |
| spectersnoun | A ghostly apparition, a phantom. [from 17th c.] |
| phantasiesnoun | Phantasy is a series of animated cartoons produced by the Screen Gems studio for Columbia Pictures from 1939 to 1946. |
| ghostly | Of or pertaining to ghosts or spirits. |
| apparitionsnoun | An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially, one by a ghost, phantom, or suchlike; the entity itself. |
| wraithsnoun | A ghost or specter, especially a person's likeness seen just after their death. |
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