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