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disappear - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | disappear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vanish; cease |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abscond, clear, decamp, depart, die, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, ebb, end, escape, evanesce, evaporate, exit, expire, fade, flee, fly, go, leave, melt, pass, pass away, perish, recede, retire, retreat, sink, vacate, vamoose*, wane, withdraw, be done for, be gone, be lost, be no more, be swallowed up, cease to exist, come to naught, dematerialize, die out, drop out of sight, end gradually, evanish, fade away, go south, leave no trace, melt away, take flight |
| Antonyms: | appear, arrive, come in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abscond |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run away, depart secretly |
| Synonyms: | beat it*, bolt*, break, clear out*, decamp, disappear, escape, fade*, flee, get, jump*, leave, make off, pull out, quit, scram*, skedaddle*, slip, split*, take off*, vamoose*, vanish, cut and run, dog it, duck out, fly the coop, go AWOL, go south, hightail, make a break, make scarce, run off, skip out, sneak away, steal away |
| Antonyms: | abide, continue, endure, remain, stay, stop, yield, give up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | decamp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depart suddenly |
| Synonyms: | beat it, bolt, break camp, clear out, depart, disappear, escape, evacuate, flee, hit the road*, scram, skedaddle*, vamoose, head for the hills, hightail, make a break for it, make oneself scarce, make tracks, run away, slip away |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disperse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distribute; scatter |
| Synonyms: | banish, break up, broadcast, circulate, deal, diffuse, disappear, disband, disburse, discharge, dislodge, dismiss, dispel, disseminate, dissipate, dissolve, dole out, eject, intersperse, partition, propagate, radiate, rout, scatter, scramble, separate, shed, sow, split up, spray, spread, strew, vanish, besprinkle, cast forth, divvy, measure out, send off, take off in all directions |
| Notes: | to disburse means 'to pay out or expend'; to disperse is 'to scatter something' |
| Antonyms: | arrange, assemble, collect, garner, gather |
| Main Entry: | dive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | descend, usually going underwater |
| Synonyms: | belly flop, dip, disappear, drop, duck, fall, gutter, jump, leap, lunge, pitch, plumb, plummet, plunge, spring, submerge, swoop, vanish, vault, go headfirst, header, nose-dive |
| Antonyms: | ascend, jump, go up |
| Main Entry: | elope |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run away to be married |
| Synonyms: | abscond, bolt, decamp, disappear, escape, flee, fly, leave, skip*, go secretly, go to Gretna Green, run off, slip away, slip out, steal away |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | escape |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break away from |
| Synonyms: | abscond, avoid, bail out*, bolt, circumvent, cut loose*, decamp, depart, desert, disappear, dodge, double, duck, elope, elude, emerge, evade, flee, fly, get off*, leave, make off*, pass, run, shun, skip, slip, vanish, burst out, cut and run, duck out, fly the coop, get away with, go scot-free, make getaway, make oneself scarce, play hooky, run away, run off, run out on, slip away, steal away, take a powder, take flight, take on the lam, work out of, wriggle out |
| Antonyms: | capture, remain, stay |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | evaporate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dry up, dissolve |
| Synonyms: | clear, concentrate, dehydrate, desiccate, disappear, dispel, disperse, dissipate, evanesce, fade, melt, parch, pass, vanish, vaporize, weaken, dehumidify, dematerialize, evanish, fade away |
| Antonyms: | dampen, soak, wet |
| Main Entry: | perish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | die, decline, decay |
| Synonyms: | bite the dust*, buy the farm*, cease, check out*, collapse, corrupt, croak, crumble, decease, decompose, demise, depart, disappear, disintegrate, end, expire, fall, go, go under, kick the bucket*, pass, pass away, rot, succumb, vanish, waste*, wither, OD, be destroyed, be killed, be lost, break down, give up the ghost, lose life, pass on |
| Antonyms: | revive, give birth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scram |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave quickly |
| Synonyms: | beat it*, clear out*, decamp, depart, disappear, scoot*, skedaddle*, take off, vamoose*, get lost, go away, hightail, make oneself scarce, make tracks |
| Antonyms: | dally, wait |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | evanesce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dissipate |
| Synonyms: | disappear, evaporate, vanish, fade away |
| Main Entry: | wear off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go away |
| Synonyms: | diminish, disappear, stop, subside, wear away |
| Main Entry: | depart |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave, retreat |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abdicate, absent, beat it*, blast off*, cut out*, decamp, desert, disappear, emigrate, escape, evacuate, exit, go, hit the road*, migrate, part, perish, pull out, quit, remove, retire, sally forth*, scram*, secede, shove off*, split*, start, tergiversate, troop*, vacate, vanish, withdraw, cut and run, get away, git, go away, go forth, hit the bricks, hit the trail, make a break, march out, move on, move out, say goodbye, set forth, slip away*, start out, take leave |
| Antonyms: | arrive, come, enter |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose color |
| Synonyms: | blanch, bleach, clear, dim, disappear, discolor, dissolve, dull, evaporate, muddy, neutralize, pale, tarnish, tone down, vanish, achromatize, become colorless, blench, decolorize, etiolate, evanish, grow dim, lose brightness, lose luster, wash out |
| Antonyms: | brighten, color, sharpen, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | leave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depart, abandon physically |
| Synonyms: | abscond, beat it*, break away, clear out*, cut out, decamp, defect, desert, disappear, ditch*, elope, embark, emigrate, escape, exit, flee, flit, fly, forsake, go, issue, migrate, move, part, pull out*, push off*, quit, relinquish, retire, sally, scram, split*, start, step down, take off, vacate, vamoose*, vanish, withdraw, come away, give the slip, go away, go forth, head out, move out, remove oneself, ride off, run along*, say goodbye, set out, slip out, take a hike, take leave, walk out |
| Antonyms: | come, go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lift |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move upwards; ascend |
| Synonyms: | arise, aspire, boost, bring up, build up, climb, come up, disappear, disperse, dissipate, draw up, elevate, erect, hike, hoist, mount, pick up, put up, raise, rear, rise, soar, take up, up, uphold, uplift, vanish, bear aloft, buoy up, goose*, heft, hike up, jack up, jump up, move up, raise high, upheave, upraise, uprear |
| Antonyms: | descend, drop, lower |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | melt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | liquefy; dissolve |
| Synonyms: | cook, diffuse, disappear, disintegrate, disperse, evanesce, evaporate, fade, flow, flux, fuse, go, heat, merge, pass away, render, run, soften, thaw, vanish, warm, deliquesce, smelt, waste away |
| Antonyms: | coagulate, condense, solidify |
| Main Entry: | sink |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall in, go under |
| Synonyms: | bore, bring down, capsize, couch, decline, depress, descend, dig, dip, disappear, drill, drive, droop, drop, drown, ebb, engulf, excavate, fall, flounder, founder, go down, immerse, lay, let down, lower, overturn, overwhelm, plummet, plunge, put down, ram, regress, run, sag, scuttle, set, settle, slope, slump, stab, stick, stoop, submerge, subside, swamp, thrust, wreck, cast down, cave in, demit, force down, go to the bottom, shipwreck, tip over, touch bottom |
| Antonyms: | float, rise |
| Main Entry: | take off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave; leave the ground |
| Synonyms: | ascend, bear, beat it, begone, blast off, blow*, clear out*, decamp, depart, disappear, exit, get off, get out, go, head, hit the road*, light out*, make*, pull out, quit, scram*, shove off*, soar, split, vamoose*, withdraw, become airborne, go away, hightail, hit the trail, lift off, set out*, take to the air |
| Antonyms: | arrive, come, stay |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | waste |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spend or use without thought; dwindle |
| Synonyms: | atrophy, blow, consume, corrode, crumble, debilitate, decay, decline, decrease, deplete, disable, disappear, dissipate, divert, drain, droop, ebb, empty, enfeeble, exhaust, fade, gnaw, lavish, lose, misapply, misuse, perish, run through*, sap, sink, splurge, squander, thin, throw away, undermine, wane, wear, wear out, wilt, wither, be of no avail, burn up, eat away, emaciate, fritter away, frivol away, gamble away, go to waste, misemploy, pour down the drain, run dry, trifle away |
| Antonyms: | hoard, save |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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