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disappeared

[dis-uh-peerd] / ˌdɪs əˈpɪərd /
ADJECTIVE
extinct
Synonyms
WEAK
abolished archaic asleep bygone cold dead and gone deceased defunct departed done for doused ended exanimate exterminated extinguished fallen gone inactive late lifeless lost no longer known outmoded passed on passé snuffed out superseded terminated unknown vanished vanquished void wiped-out
Antonyms
WEAK
alive existing extant living
ADJECTIVE
gone
Synonyms
STRONG
absent consumed decamped deceased departed disintegrated displaced dissipated dissolved done elapsed ended finished flown lacking left lost missing moved passed quit removed retired shifted spent split transferred traveling vanished withdrawn
WEAK
AWOL astray away burned up dead defunct down the drain dried-up extinct no more nonextant not a sign of not here out the window over past taken a powder taken leave turned to dust
Antonyms
STRONG
alive existing living present
WEAK
around current
ADJECTIVE
lost
Synonyms
STRONGEST
absent adrift disoriented hidden invisible misplaced vanished
STRONG
forfeit forfeited gone lacking minus mislaid missed obscured strayed wandering
WEAK
astray at sea cast away down the drain fallen between cracks gone astray irrecoverable irretrievable irrevocable kiss goodbye nowhere to be found off-course out the window unredeemed wayward without
Antonyms
STRONGEST
seen
WEAK
found
ADJECTIVE
mislaid
Synonyms
STRONG
disarranged gone lost missing
Antonyms
STRONG
existing found present
ADJECTIVE
missing
Synonyms
STRONGEST
away lost removed
STRONG
lacking mislaid misplaced omitted short wanting
WEAK
AWOL astray left behind left out not present nowhere to be found unaccounted for
Antonyms
STRONG
adequate enough sufficient
WEAK
found here present

Example Sentences

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"Two months without a phone at my age is like you've fallen off the face of the earth and disappeared," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Tree sloths once lived in the Caribbean but disappeared after humans arrived.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

There have been worse years, Schwartz noted, including during a severe drought in 2015, when the sparse snow disappeared around the lab even earlier.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

The splitter had fallen out of fashion and all but disappeared from Major League Baseball.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Then it hurtled out of the firelight and disappeared.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.