Synonyms for fantasm
- noun
Most common
Forms
- Plural
- fantasms → shadows, phantoms, spectres, apparitions…
Example sentences
- shadow There's a blind man looking for a shadow of doubt.
- phantom The Phantom slowly, gravely, silently, approached.
- spectre A spectre haunts Europe: the spectre of communism.
- apparition Dreadful apparition, why do you trouble me?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| fantasm | rising | |
| shadow | rising | |
| phantom | rising | |
| spectre | steady | |
| apparition | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- shadow2
- 7 letters
- phantom2, spectre2, specter2
- 8 letters
- phantasm3
- 10 letters
- apparition4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (shadow2 = 2 syllables).