How to pronounce phantom

a ghostly appearing figure

“we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us”

Synonyms: apparitionphantasmspecterspectre

something existing in perception only

“a ghostly apparition at midnight”

Synonyms: apparitionphantasmshadow

something apparently sensed but having no physical reality

“seemed to hear faint phantom bells”

“the amputee's illusion of a phantom limb”