Found 2 items, similar to phantom.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: phantom phantom 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] phantom adj : something apparently sensed but having no physical reality; “seemed to hear faint phantom bells”; “the amputee's illusion of a phantom limb”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Phantom Phantom \Phan"tom\, n. [OE. fantome, fantosme, fantesme, OF. fant[^o]me, fr. L. phantasma, Gr. ?, fr. ? to show. See Fancy, and cf. Pha["e]ton, 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 an[ae]sthetic. [1913 Webster] Phantom \Phan"tom\, a. Being, or of the nature of, a phantom. Phantom isles are floating in the skies. --B. Taylor. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]