disappear

To become impossible to see.

• The sun disappeared behind a cloud.
• We watched the train disappear into the tunnel.
• The island disappears from view at night.

How to use it: disappear behind/into something (The car disappeared into the fog.); disappear from view (The boat disappeared from view.)

Similar words: vanish

Opposites: appear, reappear

Common phrases: disappear from view, disappear into darkness, disappear behind something, disappear from sight

To stop existing or being present.

• The pain soon disappeared.
• Some local traditions are disappearing.
• Will these doubts ever disappear?

Similar words: vanish, die out, fade away

Opposites: appear

Common phrases: disappear completely, gradually disappear, disappear over time

To go missing so that nobody knows where something is.

• My keys have disappeared.
• Money disappeared from the office drawer.
• Why do my socks always disappear?

How to use it: disappear from somewhere (My wallet disappeared from my bag.)

Similar words: go missing, vanish

Opposites: turn up, reappear

Common phrases: keys disappear, disappear from somewhere, suddenly disappear

To go missing so that nobody knows where you are.

• The boy disappeared yesterday.
• She disappeared on her way home from school.
• Police are searching for a man who disappeared last week.

Similar words: go missing, vanish

Opposites: turn up, reappear

Common phrases: disappear without trace, disappear from home, suddenly disappear