a ghostly appearing figure; we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us

[ Syn: apparition , phantasm , phantasma , fantasm , specter , spectre ]

something existing in perception only; a ghostly apparition at midnight

[ Syn: apparition , phantasm , phantasma , fantasm , shadow ]

something apparently sensed but having no physical reality; seemed to hear faint phantom bells; the amputee's illusion of a phantom limb'