teleports

Moves without traveling

Teleports is the third-person singular of teleport, meaning to transport instantaneously from one location to another without crossing the intervening space.

The concept belongs to science fiction and fantasy: The wizard teleports across the battlefield, She teleports home whenever she's in danger.

In video games, teleporting is a common ability or mechanic allowing characters to bypass obstacles or escape combat.

disappear

vanish

Cease to be visible

disintegrate · phase out · cloak · invisibility · disappearance · evaporate · disperse · scatter · flicker

scifi

transporter

One who conveys cargo

  • beamStructural support member
  • warpBend from true form
  • portalImposing entrance or gate

jumpdrive · hyperspace · phaser · holodeck · Enterprise · Star Trek · wormhole · dimensional rift · gateway · displacement

reappear

materialize

Become physically present

emerge · appear · pop in · solidify · reconstitute · reform · coalesce · reassemble

fantasy

apparition

Visible supernatural manifestation

wizard · enchantment · spell · magic · portal · dimension · rift · mage · arcane · incantation

instantaneous

blink

Rapid lid movement

nanosecond · wink · twinkling · heartbeat · jiffy · moment · immediate · simultaneous · lightning-fast · swift

quantum

entanglement

State of being intertwined

decoherence · quantum states · nonlocality · particle · photon · quantum mechanics · probability · observer effect

gaming

spawn

Aquatic eggs or generate

checkpoint · warp zone · map · cooldown · ability · blink · recall · hearthstone · hub

Categories
Opposites
mode of travel

teleportswalks

Travels by foot

crawls · trudges · hikes · drives · flies

presence and movement

teleportsstays put

Remains in place

remains · stays · stays in place · stands still · lingers

physical continuity

teleportstraverses

Passes across entirely

crosses · passes through · covers ground

Phrases
Family

teleport, teleporter, teleported, teleportation, teleporting, teleporters, teleportations

Familiarity
Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G