VANISHED Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in extinct

no longer existing the vanished tradition of the maypole as the center for May Day festivities

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verb

past tense of vanish

as in disappeared

to cease to be visible the house vanished into the fog as we drove away

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For many years after his daughter disappeared, any sense of normalcy vanished, too. — Amanda Musa, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026 More than 20 years ago, the young model vanished on South Beach, leaving behind a missing person’s report that was light on the details and a toddler son on the other side of the globe. — Grethel Aguila, Sun Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2026 One night her daughter and her family just picked up and vanished. — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026 Once the veteran players and most of the top seeds vanished from the Canadian Open, succumbing to injury and upset, the stakes of the tournament in Montreal took on a new edge. — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026 The analog trend is already well established, but that explains the fantasy of escape, not the destination toward a world that vanished a century ago. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026 That came to an abrupt end this spring, when Hain vanished from the public eye. — Charles Keeshan, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026 In fact, Marcel said foot traffic at his Fort Lauderdale business has nearly vanished. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2026 For sports fans of a certain age, the rise of cell phones has been good for their dialing fingers because rotary phones vanished. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2026

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Adjective

This history means Yellowstone is considered active rather than extinct.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
According to Mark Dixon, CEO of IWG, the world’s largest workspace provider, commuting could be extinct within the next 15 years.

— Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026

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The Red Sox scored first and took two leads in the game, but both disappeared quickly.

— Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 12 Aug. 2026
Police said that around that time Stine disappeared, there were reports of blocks of concrete being removed from the home by the ex-boyfriend’s father.

— Eileen Murphy, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of disappeared

Adjective

The Dania Beach headquarters campus that once served as the nerve center of now-defunct Spirit Airlines has been sold to a Boston hedge fund that served as the stalking horse bidder in a bankruptcy court auction.

— David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
When one engine says something the others do not—an old title, a defunct affiliation, a dismissed lawsuit, a company the executive left—that is where the containment work has to happen.

— Ronn Torossian, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of defunct

Verb

MarketWatch described it as one of SpaceX’s best days since coming public, while The Wall Street Journal said the shares jumped about 16% as lock-up fears faded.

— Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Sort clothing, shoes, and accessories according to an organization’s needs, and discard anything that’s stained, ripped, faded, or has holes, broken zippers, or missing buttons.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of faded

Adjective

Inspectors found three violations, two of which were high priorities for operating with an expired license and rodent activity.

— Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2026
The eclipses this month (on August 12 and 28) may bring new people into your life, and potentially toss some expired connections out of it.

— Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2026

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