disappearance

Other forms of disappearance

plural

disappearances·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about disappearance

What does disappearance mean?

disappearance means "the act of leaving secretly or without explanation". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in disappearance?

disappearance has 4 syllables: dis-ap-pear-ance. The stress falls on "pear". In IPA it is /ˌdɪsəˈpɪɹəns/.

What is another word for disappearance?

Close synonyms include disappearing, fade. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of disappearance?

The recorded antonyms are appearance, appearance.

Is disappearance a common word?

disappearance is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with disappearance?

2 words rhyme with disappearance. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.