Dictionary.com

fantasm

[ fan-taz-uhm ]
/ ˈfæn tæz əm /
Save This Word!
noun
a less common variant of phantasm.
QUIZ
QUIZ YOURSELF ON "IS" VS. "ARE"
"Is" it time for a new quiz? "Are" you ready? Then prove your excellent skills on using "is" vs. "are."
Question 1 of 7
IS and ARE are both forms of which verb?
have
be
TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Words nearby fantasm

fan-tan, fantasia, fantasied, fantasist, fantasize, fantasm, fantasmagoria, fantast, fantastic, fantastically, fantasticate
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2022

How to use fantasm in a sentence

  • Later still, they found a little water poured in a basin or held in the hollow of the hand showed as true a fantasm.

    The Thing from the Lake|Eleanor M. Ingram

  • Is what we call Duty no divine messenger and guide, but a false, earthly fantasm, made up of Desire and Fear?'

    Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics|William Thomas Thornton

  • Then I was right in calling you a dreamer, for love itself is a fantasm inspired by hope or memory.

    With Edge Tools|Hobart Chatfield-Taylor

British Dictionary definitions for fantasm

fantasm
/ (ˈfæntæzəm) /
noun
an archaic spelling of phantasm

Derived forms of fantasm

fantasmal or fantasmic, adjectivefantasmally or fantasmically, adverb
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
FEEDBACK