Synonyms of flying dutchman

Noun

1. Flying Dutchman, apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter, spectre

usage: the captain of a phantom ship (the Flying Dutchman) who was condemned to sail against the wind until Judgment Day

2. Flying Dutchman, apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, shadow

usage: a phantom ship that is said to appear in storms near the Cape of Good Hope