disappear

Meaning

  1. (intransitive) To vanish.
  2. (intransitive) To go missing; to become a missing person.
  3. (intransitive) To go away; to become lost.
  4. (euphemistic, often, transitive) To make vanish; especially, to abduct or murder for political reasons.

Opposite of
appear
Synonyms

vanish
C1
fade
C1
lost
A1
get lost

be lost

fade away
perish
C1
go away
pass away
lose
A1

become invisible

hide
A2
die
A1
💀
go off
dissolve
C2
evaporate
26k
dissipate
36k

conceal oneself

waste away

cease to exist

invisible
B2
cease
C1
melt away
end
A1
🔚
escape
A2

be hidden

run away
flee
C1

become extinct

missing
A2
pass off
go missing
depart
C1
make off
expire
22k
leave
A1
melt
C1
evanesce

be missing

gone
A1
come to an end
absent
C1
go down
abscond
run out
diminish
22k
die out
withdraw
C1
die away
mislay
Translations

disparaître
desaparecer
verschwinden
sparire
desaparecer
scomparire
verdwijnen

εξαφανίζομαι

svanire
wijken
perdersi

se perdre

invisible
desaparèixer
Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dɪsəˈpɪə/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
disapeeren
In summary

From Middle English disapeeren, equivalent to dis- + appear. Displaced native Old English fordwīnan.

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