PHANTOM meaning: Apparition perceived but not real

We found 37 dictionaries that define the word Phantom:

General (26 matching dictionaries)

phantom: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
phantom: Merriam-Webster
phantom: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
phantom: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
phantom: Collins English Dictionary
phantom: Vocabulary.com
Phantom, phantom: Wordnik
phantom: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Phantom, phantom: Wiktionary
phantom: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
phantom: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
phantom: Infoplease Dictionary
phantom: Dictionary.com
phantom: Online Etymology Dictionary
phantom: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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Phantom: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
phantom: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
phantom: Rhymezone
Phantom (nt), phantom: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
phantom: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
phantom: FreeDictionary.org
phantom: Mnemonic Dictionary
phantom: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)

Phantom (disambiguation), phantom: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

Phantom (disambiguation), phantom: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)

phantom: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
online medical dictionary (No longer online)
Phantom (disambiguation), phantom: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)

Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
PHANTOM: Acronym Finder

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

phantom: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
The Phantom, phantom: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)

Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Phantom)

▸ noun:  A ghost or apparition.
▸ noun:  Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; an image that appears only in the mind; an illusion or delusion.
▸ noun:  (bridge) A placeholder for a pair of players when there are an odd number of pairs playing.
▸ noun:  (medical imaging) A test object. A test phantom is an object that reproduces the characteristics of human tissue.
▸ adjective:  Illusive.
▸ adjective:  Fictitious or nonexistent.
▸ noun:  Nickname of the F-4B jet fighter flown by U.S. marines in Vietnam.
▸ noun:  Rolls-Royce Phantom

Opposite:

real, tangible, concrete, material

Types:

auditory, visual, olfactory, gustatory, tactile, auditory-visual, auditory-tactile, more...

Phrases:

phantom limb, phantom pain, phantom stock, phantom ship, phantom limbs, more...

Adjectives:

mere, delusive, anthropomorphic, empty, pale, favorite, hideous, white, black, airy, equivalent

Colors:

black, gray, silver, midnight blue, charcoal, more...

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