phantom

noun/ˈfæntəm/

Frequency rank: #5,501 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

A ghost or spirit; something that exists only in imagination or appearance.

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Example sentence

The children were terrified by the phantom they saw wandering through the old cemetery at night.

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