Synonyms for phantom
ˈfæn təmphan·tom

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1. phantomnoun

   Synonyms:
   ghost

2. phantomnoun

   Nickname of the F-4B jet fighter flown by Marines in Vietnam

   Synonyms:
   ghost

3. Phantomnoun

   The comic The Phantom, and the character in it by the same name

   Synonyms:
   ghost

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1. apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter, spectrenoun

   a ghostly appearing figure

   "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"

   Synonyms:
   spook, phantasma, shade, phantasm, shadow, apparition, specter, ghost, fantasm, wraith, spectre

   Antonyms:
   real(a)

2. apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, shadowadjective

   something existing in perception only

   "a ghostly apparition at midnight"

   Synonyms:
   phantasma, darkness, trace, phantasm, shadow, apparition, specter, dark, shadower, tincture, fantasm, tail, vestige, spectre

   Antonyms:
   real(a)

3. phantomadjective

   something apparently sensed but having no physical reality

   "seemed to hear faint phantom bells"; "the amputee's illusion of a phantom limb"

   Antonyms:
   real(a)

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1. phantom

   Synonyms:
   PHANTASM

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. phantomnoun

   Synonyms:
   spectre, apparition, ghost

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1. List of paraphrases for "phantom":

   ghost, spectre, ghosts, phantoms, rosenfeld, specter, ghostbusters, phoney, gremlin

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How to use phantom in a sentence?

1. Dennis Aabo Sørensen:

   When the scientists stimulate my nerves I could feel the vibration and the sense of touch in my phantom index finger, the touching sensations is quite close to when you feel it with your normal finger; you can feel the coarseness of the plates, and the different gaps and ribs.

2. Katie Yelinek:

   I can say that I love the music, the scenery, and the fact that the Phantom sacrifices his own happiness for Christine’s at the end.

3. Edward Bulwer-Lytton:

   Destiny is but a phrase of the weak human heart - the dark apology for every error. The strong and virtuous admit no destiny. On earth conscience guides; in heaven God watches. And destiny is but the phantom we invoke to silence the one and dethrone the other.

4. Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton:

   Destiny is but a phrase of the weak human heart - the dark apology for every error. The strong and virtuous admit no destiny. On earth conscience guides in heaven God watches. And destiny is but the phantom we invoke to silence the one and dethrone the other.

5. Joey Ciaramitaro:

   The rarest would be like a stark white lobster and we've had like maybe one or two of those, we had one that was split directly down the middle of its shell. Stark, stark white. I nicknamed that one the 'Phantom of the Lobsta'.