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

Need another word that means the same as “missing”? Find 13 synonyms and 30 related words for “missing” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Missing” are: absent, lacking, wanting, lost, mislaid, misplaced, not present, gone, gone astray, absent from, not present in, lacking in, wanting from

Missing as an Adjective

Definitions of "Missing" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “missing” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• (of a thing) not able to be found because it is not in its expected place.
• Nonexistent.
• (of a person) absent from a place, especially their home, and of unknown whereabouts.
• Not present or included when expected or supposed to be.
• Not able to be found.
• (of a person) not yet traced or confirmed as alive, but not known to be dead, after an accident or during wartime.

Synonyms of "Missing" as an adjective (13 Words)

absent	Lost in thought; showing preoccupation. She looked up with an absent smile.
absent from	Not being in a specified place.
gone	Excellent; inspired. Dreams of foregone times.
gone astray	Well in the past; former.
lacking	(of a quality) absent. Adequate resources are sadly lacking.
lacking in	Inadequate in amount or degree.
lost	Having lost your bearings confused as to time or place or personal identity. A lost generation.
mislaid	Lost temporarily; as especially put in an unaccustomed or forgotten place. The mislaid hat turned up eventually.
misplaced	Lost temporarily; as especially put in an unaccustomed or forgotten place. A telling sign of misplaced priorities.
not present	Temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration.
not present in	Being or existing in a specified place.
wanting	Deficient in intelligence. They weren t wanting in confidence.
wanting from	Nonexistent.

Usage Examples of "Missing" as an adjective

• He has been reported as a missing person.
• Servicemen listed as missing in action.
• You can fill in the missing details later.
• Missing in action.
• Four soldiers had been wounded and one man was missing.
• A missing person.
• A quantity of cash has gone missing.

Associations of "Missing" (30 Words)

abduction	(physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body. Abductions by armed men in plain clothes.
absent	Go away or leave. She looked up with an absent smile.
cramped	Constricted in size. Trying to bring children up in cramped high rise apartments.
deficiency	Lack of an adequate quantity or number. A budget deficiency of 96 billion.
deficient	Inadequate in amount or degree. The documentary evidence is deficient.
furlough	Grant a leave to. A six week furlough in Australia.
gone	Beyond help; in a hopeless state. A bunch of real gone cats.
inadequate	(of a person) unable to deal with a situation or with life. A sad solitary inadequate man.
indigent	A needy person. A charity for the relief of indigent artists.
insufficient	Not enough; inadequate. There was insufficient evidence to convict him.
lacking	Inadequate in amount or degree. Lacking in stamina.
layoff	The act of laying off an employee or a work force.
leave	Leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking. The ship leaves at midnight.
lose	Miss from one s possessions lose sight of. She couldn t eat and began to lose weight.
loss	The disadvantage that results from losing something. Loss of livestock left the rancher bankrupt.
meager	Deficient in amount or quality or extent. Meager fare.
minus	Having a negative electric charge. Minus five.
mislay	Place (something) where one cannot find it again. I seem to have mislaid my car keys.
miss	Fail to reach. How many periods have you missed.
presence	The state or fact of existing, occurring, or being present. He sensed the presence of danger.
scant	Supply sparingly and with restricted quantities. He does not scant his attention to the later writings.
scanty	Short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural. The women looked cold in their scanty bodices.
short	Of a vowel categorized as short with regard to quality and length e g in standard British English the vowel in good is short as distinct from the long vowel u in food. Food is short.
substandard	Falling short of some prescribed norm. Substandard housing.
truant	Of a pupil being a truant. Her truant husband.
undermanned	Inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc.
undersized	Of less than the usual size. The undersized cubs may not survive the winter.
unequal	A person or thing regarded as unequal to another in status or level. Unequal odds.
unsatisfactory	Not giving satisfaction. Her performance proved to be unsatisfactory.
wanting	Nonexistent. The English batting technique has been found wanting.