disappeared into thin air
Left no trace
To disappear into thin air is to vanish completely and inexplicably, leaving no trace: One moment she was there, the next she'd disappeared into thin air.
The phrase emphasizes the mysterious or sudden nature of the disappearance—as if someone or something dissolved into nothing.
Often used for things that go missing without explanation: My keys have disappeared into thin air.
- evaporatedConverted to gas
- vanishedDisappeared from sight
- goneNo longer present
- gone missingDisappeared without explanation
- missingNot present, whereabouts unknown
dissipated · dematerialized · left no trace · poof · up in smoke · absent · lost · abscond · unseen · spirited away · ghosting · vanish into thin air · out of sight · sublimation · invisible · magic tricks · smoke and mirrors · quantum tunneling
disappeared into thin airmaterialized
Became physically present
popped up · manifested · surfaced · showed up · emerged
disappeared into thin aircame into view
disappeared into thin airstayed put
Continued in place
stuck around · walked away · lingered · faded away · exited stage left
disappear, appear, appearance, disappearance, appearing, appeared, reappear, apparent, apparently