| NOUN | person | phantasma, apparition, phantom, phantasm, fantasm, specter, spectre | a ghostly appearing figure |
|---|---|---|---|
| cognition | phantasma, apparition, phantom, phantasm, fantasm, shadow | something existing in perception only |
| Meaning | A ghostly appearing figure. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | apparition, phantom, phantasm, fantasm, specter, spectre | |
| Narrower | Flying Dutchman | The captain of a phantom ship (the Flying Dutchman) who was condemned to sail against the wind until Judgment Day |
| Broader | spirit, disembodied spirit | Any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings |
| Spanish | aparición, espectro, fantasma | |
| Catalan | aparició, fantasma | |
| Adjectives | phantasmal | resembling or characteristic of a phantom |
| Meaning | Something existing in perception only. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | apparition, phantom, phantasm, fantasm, shadow | |
| Narrower | Flying Dutchman | A phantom ship that is said to appear in storms near the Cape of Good Hope |
| ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectre | A mental representation of some haunting experience | |
| unidentified flying object, UFO, flying saucer | An (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown | |
| Broader | illusion, semblance | An erroneous mental representation |
| Spanish | aparición, fantasma | |
| Catalan | aparició | |
| Adjectives | phantasmal | resembling or characteristic of a phantom |
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