vanishing
Becoming invisible gradually
Vanishing describes something in the process of disappearing or becoming invisible.
A vanishing point in perspective is where parallel lines appear to converge.
Vanishing can suggest gradual decline toward extinction: a vanishing way of life, vanishing species.
Something done in a vanishing instant happens almost imperceptibly fast.
Passing very quickly
- momentaryLasting very briefly
- transitoryBrief in duration
- impermanentNot meant to last
- passingMoving by or temporary
brief · short-lived · temporary · fugacious · transient · flash · meteoric · quick
Liquid turning to gas
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- fadingGradual loss of intensity
- erasureAct of wiping away
- absenceState of not being
loss · departure · withdrawal · dissipation · effacement · elimination · dematerialization · vanishment
Process of declining quality
- diminutionReduction in size
- decreaseBecome or make smaller
- reductionMaking something smaller
- decayGradual organic breakdown
wane · ebb · atrophy · depletion · erosion · shrinkage · dwindling · fading
Finest taxonomic rank
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
- threatenedExpressed intent to harm
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
biodiversity · wildlife · preservation · vulnerable · poaching · deforestation · overhunting · ecosystem
No longer in use
- antiquatedOld and outdated
- archaicBelonging to earlier times
- obsoleteNo longer in use
- supersededReplaced by something newer
discontinued · deprecated · outmoded · anachronistic · mothballed · bygone · extinct · defunct
Something hard to fathom
- unknownNot yet discovered
- crypticObscure in meaning
- inscrutableImpossible to understand
- illusionMisleading sensory impression
sleight of hand · magic trick · Houdini · prestidigitation · misdirection · escape · conjuring · invisible
fleeting
Passing very quickly
- momentaryLasting very briefly
- transitoryBrief in duration
- impermanentNot meant to last
passing · brief · short-lived · temporary · fugacious · transient · flash · meteoric · quick · swift
evaporation
Liquid turning to gas
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- fadingGradual loss of intensity
- erasureAct of wiping away
absence · loss · departure · withdrawal · dissipation · effacement · elimination · dematerialization · vanishment · disappearing
deterioration
Process of declining quality
- diminutionReduction in size
- decreaseBecome or make smaller
- reductionMaking something smaller
decay · wane · ebb · atrophy · depletion · erosion · shrinkage · dwindling · fading · withering
species
Finest taxonomic rank
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
- threatenedExpressed intent to harm
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
conservation · biodiversity · wildlife · preservation · vulnerable · poaching · deforestation · overhunting · ecosystem · protection
outdated
No longer in use
- antiquatedOld and outdated
- archaicBelonging to earlier times
- obsoleteNo longer in use
superseded · discontinued · deprecated · outmoded · anachronistic · mothballed · bygone · extinct · defunct · forgotten
enigma
Something hard to fathom
- unknownNot yet discovered
- crypticObscure in meaning
- inscrutableImpossible to understand
illusion · sleight of hand · magic trick · Houdini · prestidigitation · misdirection · escape · conjuring · invisible · spectral
- evasionevasion, avoiding, avoids, evade, dodging
- gradual declinefading, waning, dwindling, diminishing, ebbing
- escape responsesfleeing, flight, running away, escaping, escape
- absenceabsent, away, gone, missing, lack
- concealmentconceal, hiding, concealing, concealed, hide
- disappearingfade, disappear, evaporate, gone, fading
vanishingappearing
Becoming visible or present
materializing · emerging · manifesting · surfacing · revealing
vanishingenduring
Persisting through time
persisting · lasting · remaining · surviving · flourishing
vanishingproliferating
Increasing rapidly in quantity
multiplying · growing · expanding · increasing · spreading
- vanishing actAbrupt, unexplained departure
- vanishing pointWhere parallels appear to meet
- vanishing creamCosmetic that disappears when applied
- vanishing culturesSocieties losing their ways
- vanishing gradientGradients approach zero through layers