FANTASM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Something existing in perception only

Example:

a ghostly apparition at midnight

Synonyms:

apparition; fantasm; phantasm; phantasma; phantom; shadow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("fantasm" is a kind of...):

illusion; semblance (an erroneous mental representation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fantasm"):

flying saucer; UFO; unidentified flying object (an (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown; especially those considered to have extraterrestrial origins)

Flying Dutchman (a phantom ship that is said to appear in storms near the Cape of Good Hope)

ghost; shade; specter; spectre; spook; wraith (a mental representation of some haunting experience)

Meaning:

A ghostly appearing figure

Example:

we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us

Synonyms:

apparition; fantasm; phantasm; phantasma; phantom; specter; spectre

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("fantasm" is a kind of...):

disembodied spirit; spirit (any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fantasm"):

Flying Dutchman (the captain of a phantom ship (the Flying Dutchman) who was condemned to sail against the wind until Judgment Day)