1. phantom - Noun
2. phantom - Adjective
3. phantom - Adjective Satellite
4. Phantom - Proper noun
That which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal image.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth. Mikhail Bakunin
It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality. Virginia Woolf
She was a phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight, A lovely apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament Her eyes as stars of twilight fair, Like twilights too her dusky hair, But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful dawn. William Wordsworth
Material existence is entirely founded on a phantom realm of mind, whose nature and geography are unexplored. Alan Moore
The Phantom Menace is not a masterpiece, but it's an example of how imagination, craftsmanship, and technological bravura can fashion superior entertainment out of something that is far from flawless. James Berardinelli
Whether we assert our rights by sea, or attempt their maintenance by land-whithersoever we turn ourselves, this phantom incessantly pursues us. Already has it had too much influence on the councils of the nation. Henry Clay