Synonyms for phantom
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A ghost or apparition.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- phantoms → ghosts, apparitions, spectres, shadows…
Example sentences
- shadow There's a blind man looking for a shadow of doubt.
- ghost Have Tom and Mary ever told you any ghost stories?
- spectre A spectre haunts Europe: the spectre of communism.
- apparition Dreadful apparition, why do you trouble me?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| phantom | rising | |
| shadow | rising | |
| ghost | rising | |
| spectre | steady | |
| apparition | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- form1
- 5 letters
- ghost1, shade1, vapor2, spook1, forme
- 6 letters
- spirit2, vision2, shadow2, sprite1, wraith, vapour
- 7 letters
- imagery3, spectre2, specter2, chimera3, fantasm
- 8 letters
- illusion3
- 10 letters
- apparition4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (vapor2 = 2 syllables).