Phantasm

['fæntæz(ə)m] or ['fæntæzəm]

Definition

(n.) An image formed by the mind, and supposed to be real or material; a shadowy or airy appearance; sometimes, an optical illusion; a phantom; a dream.

(n.) A mental image or representation of a real object; a fancy; a notion.

Typist: Willie

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Vision (fancied), appearance, apparition, spectre, phantom, illusion.

Editor: Sasha

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Chimera, phantasma, phantom, specter, illusion, delusion, unreality, phantasy,bugbear, vision, dream, hallucination, shadow

ANT:Reality, truth, fact, substance, verity, Phantom,[See PHANTASM]

Checker: Williams

Definition

n. a vain airy appearance: a fancied vision: an apparition or spectre—also Phantas′ma (Shak.):—pl. Phan′tasms Phantas′mata.—adjs. Phantas′mal; Phantasmā′lian (rare).—n. Phantasmal′ity.—adv. Phantas′mally.—adjs. Phantasmat′ic -al; Phantas′mic; Phantasmogenet′ic begetting phantasms.—adv. Phantasmogenet′ically.—adj. Phantasmolog′ical pertaining to phantasms as subjects of inquiry.—n. Phantasmol′ogy the science of phantasms.

Checker: Rene