All phantasma synonyms
phan·tas·ma
P p noun phantasma
- bogeyman — A bogeyman is someone whose ideas or actions are disapproved of by some people, and who is described by them as evil or unpleasant in order to make other people afraid.
- boogieman — bogeyman.
- misbelief — erroneous belief; false opinion.
- banshee — In Irish folk stories, a banshee is a female spirit who warns you by her long, sad cry that someone in your family is going to die.
- bogle — a scarecrow
- misimpression — a faulty or incorrect impression; a misconception or misapprehension.
- daemon — a demigod
- bogyman — boogeyman
- idolism — idolatry.
- manes — the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- eidolon — An idealized person or thing.
- zombie — the body of a dead person given the semblance of life, but mute and will-less, by a supernatural force, usually for some evil purpose. the supernatural force itself.
- hocuspocus — Alternative spelling of hocus-pocus.
- boogeyman — a frightening imaginary being, often one used as a threat in disciplining children
- ignis fatuus — Also called friar's lantern, will-o'-the-wisp. a flitting phosphorescent light seen at night, chiefly over marshy ground, and believed to be due to spontaneous combustion of gas from decomposed organic matter.
- kelpie — Australian kelpie.
- bogey — A bogey is something or someone that people are worried about, perhaps without much cause or reason.