DISAPPEARANCE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DISAPPEARANCE?

Need another word that means the same as “disappearance”? Find 20 synonyms and 30 related words for “disappearance” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Disappearance” are: fade, disappearing, vanishing, fading, fading away, melting away, passing from sight, loss, dying out, dying, death, extinction, coming to an end, ending, passing away, passing into oblivion, expiry, withering away, petering out, fizzling out

Disappearance as a Noun

Definitions of "Disappearance" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “disappearance” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• An act or the fact of someone or something going missing.
• An act of someone or something ceasing to be visible.
• Ceasing to exist.
• The event of passing out of sight.
• Gradually ceasing to be visible.
• The process of something ceasing to exist or be in use.
• The act of leaving secretly or without explanation.

Synonyms of "Disappearance" as a noun (20 Words)

coming to an end	The moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse.
death	The personification of death. He seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life.
disappearing	The act of leaving secretly or without explanation.
dying	The time when something ends. A dying of old hopes.
dying out	The time when something ends.
ending	The act of ending something. The student has to choose the right plural endings.
expiry	A coming to an end of a contract period. The expiry of the patent.
extinction	The fact or process of a species, family, or other group of animals or plants becoming extinct. A private debt extinction fund.
fade	A golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer. The sun can cause colour fade.
fading	Weakening in force or intensity.
fading away	Weakening in force or intensity.
fizzling out	A failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball.
loss	Something that is lost. Loss of livestock left the rancher bankrupt.
melting away	The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid.
passing away	A play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate.
passing from sight	A bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another.
passing into oblivion	Success in satisfying a test or requirement.
petering out	A failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball.
vanishing	A sudden disappearance from sight.
withering away	Any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use.

Usage Examples of "Disappearance" as a noun

• The disappearance of resistance at very low temperatures.
• He regretted the disappearance of Greek from school curricula.
• What was responsible for the disappearance of the rainforest?
• The police were investigating her disappearance.
• The sun's disappearance at night.
• The disappearance of grammar schools.

Associations of "Disappearance" (30 Words)

arcane	Understood by few; mysterious or secret. Arcane procedures for electing people.
cryptic	Having a secret or hidden meaning. He found his boss s utterances too cryptic.
disappear	Get lost, as without warning or explanation. It is estimated that some 7000 people have been disappeared by security forces.
disintegration	The spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation. A disintegration of personality.
dissipate	Live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption. He wanted to dissipate his anger.
dissipation	Breaking up and scattering by dispersion. The dissipation of the mist.
dissolution	The termination of a meeting. Minerals susceptible to dissolution.
enigmatic	Resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought. Prophetic texts so enigmatic that their meaning has been disputed for centuries.
evaporation	The process of something abstract ceasing to exist. Thousands of employees witnessed the rapid evaporation of their retirement plans.
extravagance	A thing on which too much money has been spent or which has used up too many resources. Salmon trout is an unnecessary extravagance.
fade	A haircut in which the hair is left long on top of the head but cropped close to the sides and back with the length of hair gradually decreasing. He skilfully fades the guitar lines up and down.
incomprehensible	Not able to be understood; not intelligible. The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible.
inexplicable	Incapable of being explained or accounted for. Inexplicable errors.
inscrutable	Impossible to understand or interpret. Guy looked blankly inscrutable.
looseness	The quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraints. The flexibility and looseness of the materials from which mythology is made.
miss	Fail to see or have a meeting with (someone. The arrow missed the target.
mysterious	Of an obscure nature. A dark mysterious windowless building.
obscurity	The state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination. He is too good a player to slide into obscurity.
occult	Supernatural forces and events and beings collectively. The beam of light occults every so often.
odd	Separated from a usual pair or set and therefore out of place or mismatched. Invited 30 odd guests.
puzzling	Not clear to the understanding. Only one very puzzling question remains unanswered.
scatter	The scattering of light other electromagnetic radiation or particles. Scatter cards across the table.
sibylline	Resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy. His fascinating if sometimes sibylline meditations on the nation.
sudden	Suddenly. A sudden storm.
unaccountable	Not to be accounted for or explained. A powerful and unaccountable institution.
uncanny	Surpassing the ordinary or normal – George Will. Stumps had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures.
vanish	Get lost, as without warning or explanation. The money vanished in las Vegas.
vaporize	Convert or be converted into vapour. Cold gasoline does not vaporize readily.
wasteful	Inefficient in use of time and effort and materials. A clumsy and wasteful process.
weird	Suggesting something supernatural; unearthly. Weird inhuman sounds.