Phantom — meaning in English

English meaning

• ghost noun The soul of a dead person believed to appear to or haunt the living.
• phantom noun A ghost or ghostly figure; something that appears real but has no physical substance.
• spook noun A ghost or supernatural apparition.

Senses

Phantom is used for these senses in English:

• ghost A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
• phantom Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; an image that appears only in the mind; an illusion or delusion.
• spook (informal) A ghost or phantom.

ghost — full definition

1. noun The soul of a dead person believed to appear to or haunt the living.
2. verb To suddenly stop all communication with someone, especially in a relationship, without any explanation.
3. verb To secretly write or produce work credited to someone else (short for ghostwrite).
4. verb To make a visual element look faint or grayed-out to show it can't currently be used.

phantom — full definition

1. noun A ghost or ghostly figure; something that appears real but has no physical substance.
2. adj Not real or not actually present, though it seems to be.

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