phantasmal UK /fænˈtæzml̩/US /fænˈtæzməl/ adjective3 •Of or pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, a phantasm (“something seen but having no physical reality”); imaginary, unreal.The matter of which dreams are made / Not more endowed with actual life / Than this phantasmal portraiture / Of wandering human thought. — 1813 •Of or pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, a phantom (“apparition or ghost”); ghostly, spectral. •Of or pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, a phantasm (“perception or vision of a living or dead person who is not physically present, often through telepathy”). formsmore phantasmal · most phantasmal