phantom

²phantom

adj

Definition of PHANTOM

1

: of the nature of, suggesting, or being a phantom : illusory

2

: fictitious, dummy <phantom voters>

Examples of PHANTOM

1. People claim to have seen a phantom ship floating on the lake.
2. A number of ballots from phantom voters had to be thrown out.

First Known Use of PHANTOM

15th century

Related to PHANTOM

Synonyms: chimerical (also chimeric), fabulous, fanciful, fantasied, fantastic (also fantastical), fictional, fictitious, ideal, imaginal, imagined, invented, made-up, make-believe, mythical (or mythic), notional, phantasmal, phantasmic, imaginary, pretend, unreal, visonary

Antonyms: actual, existent, existing, real

Related Words: fabled, legendary, romantic; abstract, hypothetical, theoretical (also theoretic); unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikely; conceived, envisaged, envisioned, pictured, visualized; daydreamlike, deceptive, delusional, delusive, hallucinatory, illusory, phantasmagoric (or phantasmagorical); concocted, fabricated, feigned, fictive; inexistent, nonexistent

Near Antonyms: authentic, genuine, true; factual, verifiable, verified; believable, convincing, realistic; corporeal, material, physical, solid, substantial; palpable, tangible

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Rhymes with PHANTOM

bantam