phantom

Meanings

Noun

• A ghost or apparition.
• Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; an image that appears only in the mind; an illusion or delusion.
• A placeholder for a pair of players when there are an odd number of pairs playing.
• A test object. A test phantom is an object that reproduces the characteristics of human tissue.

Adjective

• Illusive
• Fictitious or nonexistent

Related

Similar words

• ghost

Origin

• From Middle English fantom, from Old French fantosme, fantasme, from Latin phantasma ("an apparition, specter; (in {{cog") also) appearance, image}}, from Ancient Greek φάντασμα ("phantasm, an appearance, image, apparition, specter"), from φαντάζω. phantasm.