Phantasmal

Definition: Phantasmal

Phantasmal

Adjective

1. Like or being a phantom; "a ghostly face at the window"; "a phantasmal presence in the room"; "spectral emanations"; "spiritual tappings at a seance".

Date "phantasmal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1882. (references)

Synonyms: Phantasmal

Synonyms: apparitional (adj), ghostlike (adj), ghostly (adj), spectral (adj), spiritual (adj). (additional references)

Crosswords: Phantasmal

English words defined with "phantasmal": apparitional ♦ ghostlike, ghostly ♦ Phantasmatical, Phantomatic ♦ spectral, spiritual. (references)

Etymologies containing "phantasmal": Phantomatic. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Goya the Phantasmal Vision (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Title	Author	Quote
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	He gave them ear only for a time but he was happy only when he was far from them, beyond their call, alone or in the company of phantasmal comrades.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Phantasmal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Phantasmal" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	3	202,518

Language		Translations for "phantasmal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Bulgarian		призрачен (dreamy, ghostly, shadowy, spectral, spooky, unearthly, unsubstantial, visionary). (various references)

German		geisterhaft (disembodied, ghostly, spectral, spookily, spooky, supernatural, unearthly). (various references)

Greek		φαντασματικόσ (apparitional, phantom). (various references)

Hungarian		kísértetszerű, jelenésszerű (apocalyptic), fantomszerű. (various references)

Pig Latin		antasmalphay

Portuguese		fantasmal (ghostly, spectral), fantasmagórico (dreamy, ghostly), espectral (dreamlike, ghostly, spectral). (various references)

Romanian		ireal (aerial, aeriform, cardboard, fabled, fabulous, fanciful, imaginary, unreal, vaporous), fantezist (capricious, fanciful, fancy, fantastic, fantastical, invented, lunar, notionist, strange, whimsical), de fantasmã. (various references)

Russian		призрачный (ghostly, illusive, phantom, shadowy, spectral, spooky, visionary). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		sablastan (eery, ghostly, spooky). (various references)

Spanish		fantasmal (ghostly, spooky). (various references)

Swedish		overklig (fancied, illusive, illusory, insubstantial, unreal), illusorisk (delusive, delusory, illusive, illusory), drömlik (dreamlike). (various references)

Turkish		illüzyon ile ilgili, hayali (aerial, airy, cardboard box, chimerical, delusive, Faerie, faery, fanciful, fantastic, fantastical, fictional, fictitious, fictive, illusive, illusory, imaginary, imaginative, insubstantial, spectral, unreal, visionary), halisünasyon ile ilgili, gerçek dışı (delusive, fanciful, imaginary, insubstantial, unreal, unsubstantial). (various references)

Ukranian		ілюзорний (delusive, delusory, elusory, illusive, illusory), примарний (apparitional, dreamlike, dreamy, elfish, elvish, ghastly, ghostly, illusive, illusory, spectral, spooky, visional). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"Phantasmal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fantasma, phantasia, phantasma, Phantasmic. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "phantasmal" (pronounced 'Phan*tas"mal'): Abnormal, Abysmal, Aneurismal, Anormal, Baptismal, Blastemal, Bromal, Brumal, Catechismal, Chamal, Chrismal, Echinodermal, Embolismal, Fotmal, Gimmal, Glumal, haemal, hemal, Homoeothermal, Homoiothermal, isothermal, mammal, mesodermal, miasmal, Mormal, Neuro-epidermal, pachydermal, Paroxysmal, Placodermal, Primal, Pseudhaemal, Ramal, Rheumatismal, Subepidermal, subnormal, Synthermal, thermal, Wurmal. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-h-l-m-n-p-s-t"
	-1 letter: phantasma.
	-2 letters: ashplant, phantasm, tampalas.
	-3 letters: asphalt, atamans, malthas, napalms, panamas, platans, saltpan, spathal, tamasha, tampala, tampans.
	-4 letters: alants, almahs, alphas, ashman, aslant, asthma, ataman, atmans, halmas, hamals, lampas, maltha, manats, mantas, matsah, napalm, panama, plants, plasma, platan, salaam, sampan, shaman, tamals, tampan.
	-5 letters: alans, alant, almah, almas, alpha, amahs, anlas, antas, asana, ataps, atlas.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-a-h-l-m-n-p-s-t"
	+3 letters: analphabetism.
	+4 letters: analphabetisms.
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