fantasm

Other forms: fantasms

Definitions of fantasm
  1. noun
    a ghostly appearing figure
    synonyms: apparition, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, specter, spectre
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    types:
    Flying Dutchman
    the captain of a phantom ship (the Flying Dutchman) who was condemned to sail against the wind until Judgment Day
    type of:
    disembodied spirit, spirit
    any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings
  2. noun
    something existing in perception only
    synonyms: apparition, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow
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    types:
    UFO, flying saucer, unidentified flying object
    an (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown; especially those considered to have extraterrestrial origins
    Flying Dutchman
    a phantom ship that is said to appear in storms near the Cape of Good Hope
    ghost, shade, specter, spectre, spook, wraith
    a mental representation of some haunting experience
    type of:
    illusion, semblance
    an erroneous mental representation
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