missing

Other forms of missing

comparative

missinger·

superlative

missingest·

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 missing

What does missing mean?

missing means "not able to be found". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in missing?

missing has 2 syllables: mis-sing. The stress falls on "mis". In IPA it is /ˈmɪsɪŋ/.

What is another word for missing?

Close synonyms include lacking, absent, wanting. 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.

Is missing a common word?

missing is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.