Something seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or apparition. / (philosophy) A impression as received by the senses, especially an image, often prior to any interpretation by the intellect.

A ghost or apparition. / Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; an image that appears only in the mind; an illusion or delusion.

Illusive. / Fictitious or nonexistent.

Dated form of fantasy. / (psychology) The innate, mental image of an object; the link between instinct and reality.

Nickname of the F-4B jet fighter flown by U.S. marines in Vietnam. / Rolls-Royce Phantom

Characterized by or pertaining to rapid changes in light intensity and colour. / Characterized by or pertaining to a dreamlike blurring of real and imaginary elements.

(historical) A popular 18th- and 19th-century form of theatre entertainment whereby ghostly apparitions are formed. / A series of events involving rapid changes in light intensity and colour.

(pathology) The false sensation, which is often painful, that an amputated limb is still present and attached.

Alternative form of phantasmagoric

plural of phantasmagoria