disappearing
Leaving no trace
Disappearing describes something in the process of vanishing or becoming invisible.
A disappearing act is a magic trick—or someone's sudden, unexplained departure.
Disappearing ink fades after writing.
Species are disappearing from ecosystems.
The word often carries urgency about loss: a disappearing way of life, disappearing glaciers.
Misleading sensory impression
- sleight of handSkillful manual deception
- prestidigitationSkillful hand-based illusions
- conjuringPerforming magical illusions
- levitationUnsupported aerial suspension
escapology · misdirection · trapdoor · smoke and mirrors · poof · abracadabra · Houdini · teleportation
Gradual loss of intensity
- dissolvingPassing into solution
- evaporatingChanging from liquid to gas
- meltingSolid-to-liquid transition
- dematerializingCeasing to exist physically
disintegrating · sublimating · evanesce · dissipating · receding · withdrawing · retreating · absconding
Passing very quickly
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- momentaryLasting very briefly
- temporaryLimited in duration
- briefShort in duration
short-lived · impermanent · passing · evanescent · dying · withering · perishing · mortal
Progressively becoming smaller
- shrinkingDecreasing in dimension
- diminishingBecoming progressively less
- waningGradually decreasing in intensity
- erodingGradually wearing away
depleting · atrophying · decaying · receding · lessening · contracting · ebbing · subsiding
Visually hidden by coloring
- hiddenKept out of sight
- concealedMade invisible deliberately
- veiledConcealed or obscured
- obscuredMade hard to perceive
undetectable · imperceptible · unseen · cloaked · blending in · masked · ghostly · transparent
Puzzling and obscure
- unexplainedNot yet clarified
- unsolvedNot yet figured out
- crypticObscure in meaning
- bafflingImpossible to understand
puzzling · without a trace · cold case · missing · lost · mysterious · strange · Bermuda Triangle
At risk of extinction
- dying outBecoming extinct gradually
- extinctNo longer existing
- habitat lossElimination of living spaces
- poachingUnlawful wildlife capture
conservation · biodiversity · dodo · passenger pigeon · remnant · relic · vestigial · threatened
illusion
Misleading sensory impression
- sleight of handSkillful manual deception
- prestidigitationSkillful hand-based illusions
- conjuringPerforming magical illusions
levitation · escapology · misdirection · trapdoor · smoke and mirrors · poof · abracadabra · Houdini · teleportation · dematerialization
fading
Gradual loss of intensity
- dissolvingPassing into solution
- evaporatingChanging from liquid to gas
- meltingSolid-to-liquid transition
dematerializing · disintegrating · sublimating · evanesce · dissipating · receding · withdrawing · retreating · absconding · escaping
fleeting
Passing very quickly
brief · short-lived · impermanent · passing · evanescent · dying · withering · perishing · mortal · finite
dwindling
Progressively becoming smaller
- shrinkingDecreasing in dimension
- diminishingBecoming progressively less
- waningGradually decreasing in intensity
eroding · depleting · atrophying · decaying · receding · lessening · contracting · ebbing · subsiding · tapering
camouflaged
Visually hidden by coloring
obscured · undetectable · imperceptible · unseen · cloaked · blending in · masked · ghostly · transparent · stealth
enigmatic
Puzzling and obscure
- unexplainedNot yet clarified
- unsolvedNot yet figured out
- crypticObscure in meaning
baffling · puzzling · without a trace · cold case · missing · lost · mysterious · strange · Bermuda Triangle
endangered
At risk of extinction
- dying outBecoming extinct gradually
- extinctNo longer existing
- habitat lossElimination of living spaces
poaching · conservation · biodiversity · dodo · passenger pigeon · remnant · relic · vestigial · threatened
disappearingappearing
Becoming visible or present
materializing · emerging · manifesting · surfacing · showing up
disappearingappearing
Becoming visible or present
forming · arising · coming into being · emerging · persisting
disappearingproliferating
Increasing rapidly in quantity
multiplying · spreading · growing · increasing · expanding
- disappearing actSudden, unexplained departure
- disappearing into thin airBecoming suddenly untraceable
- disappearing inkLiquid that fades away
- disappearing messagesAuto-deleting digital correspondence