PHANTOM
Scrabble letter values: P3H4A1N1T1O1M3 = 14
Definition
- adjective something apparently sensed but having no physical reality.
- noun a ghostly appearing figure. — synonyms: apparition, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter, spectre
- noun something existing in perception only. — synonyms: apparition, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, shadow
Examples
- “seemed to hear faint phantom bells”
- “the amputee's illusion of a phantom limb”
- “we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us”