Word Meanings - PHANTOM - Book Publishers vocabulary database
That which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal image. Strange phantoms rising as the mists arise. Pope. She was a phantom of delight. Wordsworth. Phantom ship. See Flying Dutchman,
Additional info about word: PHANTOM
That which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal image. Strange phantoms rising as the mists arise. Pope. She was a phantom of delight. Wordsworth. Phantom ship. See Flying Dutchman, under Flying. -- Phantom tumor , 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 anæsthetic.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of PHANTOM)
- Ghost
- Spectre
- apparition
- spirit
- vision
- shade
- phantom
- Shadow
- Umbration
- reflection
- image
- sham
- unsubstantiality
- immaterial
- attendant
- Sham
- Phantom
- ghost
- delusion
- illusion
- mockery
- shadow
- pretence
- counterfeit
- unreality
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of PHANTOM)
Related words: (words related to PHANTOM)
- SPIRITUOUS
1. Having the quality of spirit; tenuous in substance, and having active powers or properties; ethereal; immaterial; spiritual; pure. 2. Containing, or of the nature of, alcoholic spirit; consisting of refined spirit; alcoholic; ardent; - DETECTOR BAR
A bar, connected with a switch, longer than the distance between any two consecutive wheels of a train , laid inside a rail and operated by the wheels so that the switch cannot be thrown until all the train is past the switch. - SHADOWY
1. Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow. "Shadowy verdure." Fenton. This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods. Shak. 2. Hence, dark; obscure; gloomy; dim. "The shadowy past." Longfellow. 3. Not brightly luminous; faintly light. The moon - VISIONARY
1. Of or pertaining to a visions or visions; characterized by, appropriate to, or favorable for, visions. The visionary hour When musing midnight reigns. Thomson. 2. Affected by phantoms; disposed to receive impressions on the imagination; given - EXPOSER
One who exposes or discloses. - ILLUSIONABLE
Liable to illusion. - SPIRITUALIZE
To extract spirit from; also, to convert into, or impregnate with, spirit. (more info) 1. To refine intellectiually or morally; to purify from the corrupting influence of the world; to give a spiritual character or tendency to; as, to spiritualize - GHOSTLESS
Without life or spirit. - IMMATERIALIST
One who believes in or professes, immaterialism. - SPIRITUOSITY
The quality or state of being spirituous; spirituousness. - SHADELESS
Being without shade; not shaded. - GHOSTOLOGY
Ghost lore. It seemed even more unaccountable than if it had been a thing of ghostology and witchcraft. Hawthorne. - SHADEFUL
Full of shade; shady. - SPIRITUAL-MINDED
Having the mind set on spiritual things, or filled with holy desires and affections. -- Spir"it*u*al-mind`ed*ness, n. - EXPOSEDNESS
The state of being exposed, laid open, or unprotected; as, an exposedness to sin or temptation. - IMMATERIAL
1. Not consisting of matter; incorporeal; spiritual; disembodied. Angels are spirits immaterial and intellectual. Hooker. 2. Of no substantial consequence; without weight or significance; unimportant; as, it is wholly immaterial whether he does - SPIRITISM
Spiritualsm. - SPIRIT
Rum, whisky, brandy, gin, and other distilled liquors having much alcohol, in distinction from wine and malt liquors. (more info) 1. Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself. "All of spirit would deprive." Spenser. - ILLUSIONIST
One given to illusion; a visionary dreamer. - APPARITIONAL
Pertaining to an apparition or to apparitions; spectral. "An apparitional soul." Tylor. - FORESHADOW
To shadow or typi Dryden. - PUBLIC-SPIRITED
1. Having, or exercising, a disposition to advance the interest of the community or public; as, public-spirited men. 2. Dictated by a regard to public good; as, a public-spirited project or measure. Addison. -- Pub"lic-spir`it*ed*ly, - SUPERREFLECTION
The reflection of a reflected image or sound. Bacon. - DISPIRITED
Depressed in spirits; disheartened; daunted. -- Dis*pir"it*ed*ly, adv. -- Dis*pir"it*ed, n. - DOUBLE-SHADE
To double the natural darkness of . Milton. - MISDIVISION
Wrong division. - SELF-DELUSION
The act of deluding one's self, or the state of being thus deluded. - DIVISIONARY
Divisional. - DISSPIRIT
See DISPIRIT - OVERSHADE
To cover with shade; to render dark or gloomy; to overshadow. Shak.