disappearance

dis-ap-pear-ance · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    The act or instance of someone or something ceasing to be visible or present.

  2. 2.

    The state of being no longer visible or available.

  3. 3.

    The act of going missing.

Forms

plural: disappearances

Related words

Antonyms: appearance, arrival, emergence
See also: absence, disappear, vanishing
Synonyms: absence, departure, vanishing

Etymology

From disappear + -ance, a suffix forming nouns of action or state. First recorded in the 18th century.