DISAPPEARS Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

disappears

verb

present tense third-person singular of disappear

as in vanishes

to cease to be visible the stranger disappeared into the mists, never to be seen again

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Recent Examples of disappears Your teenager walks in the door, barely says hello and disappears into their room. — Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026 That's helpful when the remote disappears somewhere in the couch. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026 The plot follows a wealthy family whose lives fall apart after their young nanny disappears during a summer holiday and the family’s secrets and buried guilt rise to the surface. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026 But now, there's no federal recourse — so when food assistance disappears, SNAP recipients are forced to make difficult choices. — Juliana Kim, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026 A student doesn’t need a marketing degree to know the difference between a brand that sponsors a banner once and disappears and one that stays involved year after year. — Karl Mawhinney, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 Orange County’s agricultural heritage such as small farms, nurseries, and family growers disappears as development accelerates. — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026 The next shift is to build continuity around the product itself, and its ownership… For brands, a product no longer disappears after the first sale. — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026 But when the mechanic suddenly disappears, he is forced to descend into a mysterious underworld and confront an alien presence in order to bring her back. — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026

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When a dog bolts into a canyon or vanishes under heavy tree cover, most tracking collars lose the signal.

— Joe Mullich, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
And as always, at the top level, the sport is dependent upon manufacturer largesse, something that usually vanishes in the face of worsening economic outlooks.

— Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026

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