fantasm

Other forms: fantasms

Definitions of fantasm

1. noun

   a ghostly appearing figure
   synonyms: apparition, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, specter, spectre

   types:

   Flying Dutchman

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

   type of:

   disembodied spirit, spirit

   any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings
2. noun

   something existing in perception only
   synonyms: apparition, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow

   types:

   UFO, flying saucer, 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

   type of:

   illusion, semblance

   an erroneous mental representation