[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

phantom \phan"tom\, n. oe. fantome, fantosme, fantesme, of.
   fant^ome, fr. l. phantasma, gr. fa`ntasma, fr. fai`nein to
   show. see fancy, and cf. pha"eton, phantasm,
   phase.
   that which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a
   specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal
   image.
   1913 webster

         strange phantoms rising as the mists arise. --pope.
   1913 webster

         she was a phantom of delight.            --wordsworth.
   1913 webster

   phantom ship. see flying dutchman, under flying.

   phantom tumor med., a swelling, especially of the
      abdomen, due to muscular spasm, accumulation of flatus,
      etc., simulating an actual tumor in appearance, but
      disappearing upon the administration of an anaesthetic.
      1913 webster
see also:
fancy pha"eton phantasm phase phantom ship flying dutchman 
flying phantom tumor 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

phantom \phan"tom\, a.
   being, or of the nature of, a phantom.

         phantom isles are floating in the skies. --b. taylor.
   webster 1913 suppl.

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

phantom
     adj : something apparently sensed but having no physical reality;
           "seemed to hear faint phantom bells"; "the amputee's
           illusion of a phantom limb"
     n 1: a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the
          apparition that confronted us" syn: apparition, phantasm,
           phantasma, specter, spectre
     2: something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition
        at midnight" syn: apparition, phantasm, phantasma,
        shadow
see also:
apparition phantasm phantasma specter spectre shadow 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

200 moby thesaurus words for "phantom":
   barmecidal, barmecide, dracula, frankenstein, masan, wolf-man, air,
   airy, airy nothing, apparent, apparition, apparitional, appearance,
   asomatous, astral, astral spirit, autistic, banshee, bodiless,
   bogey, bogeyman, brainchild, bubble, bugaboo, bugbear, chimaera,
   chimera, chimeric, control, decarnate, decarnated, deceptive,
   delirium, delusion, delusional, delusionary, delusive, delusory,
   departed spirit, dereistic, discarnate, disembodied,
   disembodied spirit, dreamlike, dreamy, duppy, dybbuk, ectoplasmic,
   eidolon, erroneous, ether, ethereal, etheric, extramundane,
   fallacious, false, false image, fancy, fantasque, fantastic,
   fantasy, fee-faw-fum, fiction, figment, figure, form, frightener,
   ghost, ghostish, ghostlike, ghostly, ghosty, ghoul, grateful dead,
   guide, hallucination, hant, haunt, hobgoblin, holy terror, horror,
   idle fancy, idolum, illusion, illusional, illusionary, illusive,
   illusory, image, imagery, imaginary, imagination, imagining,
   immaterial, immateriality, impalpable, imponderable, incorporate,
   incorporeal, incorporeal being, incorporeity, incubus,
   insubstantial, insubstantial image, intangible, invention, larva,
   lemures, maggot, make-believe, manes, materialization, mirage,
   misleading, mist, monster, myth, nightmare, nonmaterial,
   nonphysical, occult, ogre, ogress, oni, ostensible, otherworldly,
   phantasm, phantasma, phantasmagoria, phantasmagoric, phantasmal,
   phantasmic, phantomic, phantomlike, phasm, phenomenon, poltergeist,
   presence, psychic, revenant, romance, scarebabe, scarecrow, scarer,
   seeming, self-deceptive, self-deluding, shade, shadow, shadowy,
   shape, shrouded spirit, sick fancy, smoke, specious, specter,
   specterlike, spectral, spectral ghost, spectrum, spirit, spiritual,
   spook, sprite, succubus, supernatural, supposititious, terror,
   theophany, thick-coming fancies, thin air, transmundane, trip,
   unactual, unearthly, unembodied, unextended, unfleshly, unfounded,
   unphysical, unreal, unsubstantial, unsubstantiality, unworldly,
   vampire, vapor, vision, visionary, waking dream, walking dead man,
   wandering soul, werewolf, whim, whimsy, wildest dream,
   wildest dreams, wraith, wraithlike, wraithy, zombie

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