disappearer
Person who vanishes
A disappearer is someone or something that disappears or causes things to disappear.
The word often carries sinister undertones—in contexts of political repression, a disappearer is one who makes people vanish: The regime employed disappearers to silence dissidents.
More innocuously, it can describe someone prone to vanishing from social situations: He's a classic disappearer—leaves parties without saying goodbye.
Transition to gaseous state
- dissolveDisperse into liquid
- fadeLose intensity gradually
- dematerializeCease to exist physically
- disintegrateBreak into fragments
dissipate · evanesce · sublimate · dispel · wane · dwindle · efface · obliterate
Intentionally concealed
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
- incognitoWith identity concealed
- surreptitiousDone secretly, avoiding detection
- furtiveSecretive and sly
camouflage · concealment · cloak · veil · mask · shadow · ghost · invisible
One who flees
- absconderOne who flees secretly
- escapeeOne who fled confinement
- evaderOne who gets away
- defectorOne who abandons allegiance
deserter · flee · abscond · decamp · bolt · flight · elude · exfiltrate
evaporate
Transition to gaseous state
- dissolveDisperse into liquid
- fadeLose intensity gradually
- dematerializeCease to exist physically
disintegrate · dissipate · evanesce · sublimate · dispel · wane · dwindle · efface · obliterate · extinguish
covert
Intentionally concealed
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
- incognitoWith identity concealed
- surreptitiousDone secretly, avoiding detection
furtive · camouflage · concealment · cloak · veil · mask · shadow · ghost · invisible · undetectable
runaway
One who flees
defector · deserter · flee · abscond · decamp · bolt · flight · elude · exfiltrate · breakout
void
Without legal effect
- emptinessAbsence of substance
- vacuumAbsence of matter
- nothingnessComplete absence of existence
gap · lack · vacancy · missing · gone · trace · vanished · whereabouts · without · unaccounted
unsolved
Not yet figured out
- enigmaSomething hard to fathom
- puzzleChallenge testing ingenuity
- investigationFormal examination of facts
detective · whereabouts · clue · evidence · trace · witness · leads · search · inquiry · suspense
- disappearing actSudden, unexplained departure
- disappear into thin airTo completely cease existing visibly
- disappeared into thin airLeft suddenly, tracelessly
- disappearing into thin airBecoming suddenly untraceable
- disappearing inkLiquid that fades away
- disappearing messagesAuto-deleting digital correspondence