Found 2 items, similar to Phantasm.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: phantasm phantasm n 1: a ghostly appearing figure; “we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us” [syn: apparition, phantom, phantasma, specter, spectre] 2: something existing in perception only; “a ghostly apparition at midnight” [syn: apparition, phantom, phantasma, shadow]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Phantasm Phantasm \Phan"tasm\, n. [L. phantasma. See Phantom, and cf. Fantasm.] [Spelt also fantasm.] 1. An image formed by the mind, and supposed to be real or material; a shadowy or airy appearance; sometimes, an optical illusion; a phantom; a dream. [1913 Webster] They be but phantasms or apparitions. --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster] 2. A mental image or representation of a real object; a fancy; a notion. --Cudworth. [1913 Webster] Figures or little features, of which the description had produced in you no phantasm or expectation. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]