Synonyms of phantom

phantom 1 of 2

adjective

as in imaginary

not real and existing only in the imagination

the company claimed that the only hazards involving its product were the phantom dangers created by consumer groups

Synonyms & Similar Words

• imaginary
• fictitious
• fictional
• mythical
• fantasied
• imagined
• imaginal
• phantasmal
• ideal
• unreal
• invented
• chimerical
• make-believe
• phantasmic
• notional
• fanciful
• legendary
• theoretical
• pretend
• fantastic
• made-up
• visionary
• hypothetical
• fabled
• fabulous
• romantic
• unlikely
• abstract
• illusory
• unbelievable
• fictive
• nonexistent
• deceptive
• hallucinatory
• unconvincing
• visualized
• phantasmagoric
• delusive
• envisioned
• conceived
• pictured
• delusional
• fabricated
• envisaged
• feigned
• concocted
• daydreamlike
• inexistent

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• real
• actual
• existing
• true
• existent
• genuine
• authentic
• physical
• factual
• realistic
• verifiable
• substantial
• solid
• convincing
• corporeal
• believable
• material
• tangible
• verified
• palpable

phantom

2 of 2

noun

ˈfan-təm 

as in ghost

the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people

Halloween is supposed to be a time when phantoms return to walk among us

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ghost
• apparition
• spirit
• wraith
• specter
• haunt
• phantasm
• poltergeist
• vampire
• shadow
• materialization
• demon
• spook
• vision
• sprite
• zombie
• familiar spirit
• visitant
• angel
• bogey
• hant
• ghoul
• shade
• double
• familiar
• genie
• doppelgänger
• daimon
• fetch
• incubus
• succubus
• jinni
• genius
• manes
• devil
• shaitan
• imp
• lemures
• lamia
• fiend
• cacodemon

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of phantom

Adjective

The idea is to take these phantom tissues and place them close to powerful EM sources, transmitters, and other systems to study what happens. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 July 2026

Sadly, in discouraging all the phantom agonies, FIFA inadvertently seems to have done away with the equally farcical phenomenon that is Magic Spray®. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 17 July 2026

Noun

Left behind are her great-grandmother’s haunting journals detailing the story of her own phantom, and subsequently, her brutal murder. — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 25 July 2026

That’s the £312 million phantom. — Maman Ibrahim, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026