phantom

CEFRB2

/ˈfæntəm/

noun · adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A ghost or imagined figure.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Existing only in appearance or imagination.

Examples

  • I caught a glimpse of the phantom sitting behind the wheel.

  • The Phantom slowly, gravely, silently, approached.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
2
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A placeholder for a pair of players when there are an odd number of pairs playing.

  2. Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; an image that appears only in the mind; an illusion or delusion.

  3. A ghost or apparition.

More examples

In context

  • a phantom limb

  • Paul pulled out the Phantom; niggas can't stand it but them hoes gonna come out.

  • […] (it was the town's humour to be always gassing of phantom investors who were likely to come any moment and pay a thousand prices for everything) — “[…] Them rich fellers, they don't make no bad breaks with their money. […]”

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Inherited from Middle English fantome, fanteme, from Old French fantosme, fantasme, from Latin phantasma (“an apparition, specter; (in Late Latin also) appearance, image”), from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma, “phantasm, an appearance, image, apparition, specter”), from φαντάζω (phantázō, “to make visible”). Doublet of phantasm.