vanish

The word “vanish” has 2 syllables: van-ish

It's pronounced as /ˈvænɪʃ/


What is synonym and antonym for vanish?

In the thesaurus, “vanish” has 24 synonyms and 13 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for vanish along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for vanish

  • be lost
  • become invisible
  • blur
  • clear
  • dematerialize
  • die
  • die out
  • dim
  • disappear
  • disperse
  • dissipate
  • dissolve
  • drop out of sight
  • dry up
  • evanesce
  • evaporate
  • exit
  • fade
  • fade away
  • flee
  • fly
  • go away
  • melt
  • sink

Antonyms for vanish

  • appear
  • arrive
  • break out
  • coagulate
  • come
  • come out
  • emerge
  • improve
  • issue
  • loom
  • materialize
  • show up
  • solidify

Meanings of vanish

  • noun
    1. The brief terminal part of a vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part.
    2. A magic trick in which something seems to disappear.
  • verb
    1. To become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed.
    2. To become equal to zero.
    3. To disappear; to kidnap.

Example Sentences

  • The magician made the coin vanish before our eyes.
  • She watched the ship vanish into the fog on the horizon.
  • The sunlight made the dew on the grass vanish quickly.
  • As soon as the detective arrived, the suspect seemed to vanish into thin air.
  • The hope for a quick resolution began to vanish as the negotiations stalled.

On this page you'll find 37 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to vanish, such as: appear, arrive, be lost, become invisible, blur, break out, clear.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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abate

  • abbreviate
  • abolish
  • abort
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  • knock down
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  • liquidate
  • lower
  • minimize
  • moderate
  • modify
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  • nick
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  • outlaw
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  • prune
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  • relax
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  • vacate
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  • wane
  • weaken
  • whittle
  • withdraw
  • write off

ease

  • abandon
  • abandonment
  • abate
  • abbreviate
  • abet
  • abridge
  • accelerate
  • adroitness
  • advance
  • affability
  • affluence
  • aid
  • allay
  • alleviate
  • alleviation
  • ameliorate
  • amend
  • anesthetize
  • aplomb
  • appease
  • appeasement
  • ardor
  • assist
  • assuage
  • assuagement
  • ataraxia
  • attend to
  • bed of roses
  • better
  • blank check
  • breeze
  • calm
  • calming
  • calmness
  • carelessness
  • carte blanche
  • casualness
  • catnapping
  • cheer
  • cinch
  • clear the way
  • cleverness
  • clip
  • collapse
  • comfort
  • composure
  • compress
  • condense
  • constrict
  • content
  • contentment
  • contract
  • correct
  • crop
  • cure
  • curtail
  • cut
  • cut back
  • cut down
  • de-escalate
  • decline
  • decompression
  • decrease
  • deflate
  • dent
  • deplete
  • detach
  • dexterity
  • diminish
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  • disburden
  • disengage
  • disentangle
  • dispatch
  • dock
  • doctor
  • dolce far niente
  • downscale
  • downsize
  • dozing
  • drop
  • duck soup
  • dwindle
  • easiness
  • easygoingness
  • ebb
  • edge
  • efficiency
  • effortlessness
  • emend
  • enhance
  • enrich
  • enthusiasm
  • evaporate
  • excess
  • excessiveness
  • expedite
  • expertise
  • expertness
  • extricate
  • exuberance
  • facilitate
  • fall
  • fall away
  • familiarity
  • fervor
  • fix
  • flag
  • flexibility
  • fluency
  • forward
  • free
  • free hand
  • further
  • give out
  • gratification
  • grease
  • handle
  • happiness
  • hasten
  • heal
  • heedlessness
  • help
  • hurry
  • idleness
  • immoderacy
  • improve
  • impulsiveness
  • impulsivity
  • inactivity
  • inch
  • incontinence
  • indiscretion
  • induce
  • indulgence
  • inertia
  • inertness
  • informality
  • insert
  • insouciance
  • intemperance
  • join
  • knack
  • knock down
  • lazing
  • leisure
  • lessen
  • let up
  • let up on
  • liberty
  • licentiousness
  • lift
  • lighten
  • lightheartedness
  • loose
  • loosen
  • lower
  • luxury
  • make easier
  • maneuver
  • meliorate
  • mend
  • minimize
  • mitigate
  • mitigation
  • moderate
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  • modify
  • modulate
  • mollification
  • mollify
  • napping
  • naturalness
  • nick
  • nonchalance
  • nurse
  • offhandedness
  • open the door
  • pacify
  • pall
  • palliate
  • pare
  • peace
  • peace of mind
  • peacefulness
  • perfect
  • permissiveness
  • phase down
  • placidity
  • poise
  • promote
  • prosperity
  • prune
  • pushover
  • qualify
  • quicken
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  • quiet
  • quietness
  • quietude
  • readiness
  • recede
  • recklessness
  • rectify
  • reduce
  • refine
  • reform
  • relax
  • relaxation
  • relaxedness
  • release
  • relent
  • relief
  • relieve
  • remedy
  • remit
  • remove
  • repair
  • repose
  • requiescence
  • respite
  • rest
  • restfulness
  • resting
  • retrench
  • right
  • run interference for
  • rush
  • salving
  • satisfaction
  • security
  • sereneness
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  • set right
  • setup
  • shorten
  • shrink
  • silence
  • simplicity
  • simplify
  • sink
  • skillfulness
  • slack
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  • slash
  • sleep
  • slide
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  • slumber
  • slumbering
  • smooth
  • smooth sailing
  • smoothness
  • snap
  • snoozing
  • soften
  • soothe
  • soothing
  • speed
  • speed up
  • spirit
  • spontaneity
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  • squeeze
  • steer
  • still
  • stillness
  • streamline
  • subside
  • supinity
  • taper
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  • temper
  • thoughtlessness
  • tranquility
  • tranquilize
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  • trim
  • truncate
  • unaffectedness
  • unbind
  • unclog
  • unconstraint
  • undo
  • unfasten
  • uninhibitedness
  • unreservedness
  • unrestraint
  • unself-consciousness
  • untangle
  • untie
  • untighten
  • vanish
  • wane
  • wantonness
  • warmth
  • weaken
  • whittle
  • wildness
  • zeal
  • zealotry
  • zealousness

eat

  • absorb
  • affront
  • aggravate
  • agitate
  • anger
  • annoy
  • antagonize
  • attack
  • badger
  • bait
  • ballyrag
  • banquet
  • bite
  • board
  • bolt
  • bother
  • break bread
  • break down
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  • breakfast
  • bug
  • bullyrag
  • chafe
  • chew
  • chow down
  • condense
  • consume
  • corrode
  • cram
  • crumble
  • decay
  • decimate
  • decompose
  • destroy
  • devastate
  • devil
  • devour
  • dig in
  • digest
  • dine
  • dine out
  • disappear
  • discomfort
  • discompose
  • disintegrate
  • dispatch
  • dispose of
  • disquiet
  • dissipate
  • dissolve
  • distress
  • down
  • drain
  • enflame
  • enrage
  • erode
  • exasperate
  • exercise
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  • fall to
  • fare
  • feast
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  • frost
  • gall
  • get
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  • glut
  • gnaw
  • gobble up
  • gorge
  • gormandize
  • grate
  • graze
  • gripe
  • gulp
  • gum
  • hagride
  • harass
  • harry
  • hassle
  • have a bite
  • have a meal
  • have for
  • heckle
  • incense
  • inflame
  • infuriate
  • ingest
  • inhale
  • insult
  • irk
  • irritate
  • itch
  • lap
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  • liquefy
  • lunch
  • madden
  • make pig of oneself
  • masticate
  • melt
  • mess
  • miff
  • munch
  • nag
  • nark
  • nettle
  • nibble
  • nosh
  • nurse
  • offend
  • outrage
  • overeat
  • overfeed
  • partake
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  • peck at
  • peeve
  • persecute
  • perturb
  • pester
  • pick
  • picnic
  • pig out
  • pique
  • plague
  • polish off
  • pork out
  • provoke
  • put away
  • put down
  • put out
  • rankle
  • rasp
  • refresh
  • regale
  • relish
  • repast
  • rile
  • roil
  • rot
  • rouse
  • rub the wrong way
  • ruffle
  • ruin
  • ruminate
  • run through
  • rust
  • savor
  • savour
  • scarf
  • scoff
  • slop
  • snack
  • spill
  • spite
  • squander
  • sup
  • swallow
  • swill
  • take food
  • take in
  • take nourishment
  • taste
  • tease
  • undo
  • unhinge
  • unsettle
  • upset
  • vanish
  • vex
  • victual
  • waste
  • waste away
  • wear on
  • wolf
  • worry
  • wreck

ebb

  • abasement
  • abate
  • abatement
  • alleviate
  • atrophy
  • backflow
  • break down
  • breakup
  • collapse
  • compress
  • condense
  • constrict
  • contract
  • corrupt
  • crumble
  • crumbling
  • dark age
  • de-escalate
  • de-escalation
  • debasement
  • debilitate
  • decadence
  • decay
  • decimation
  • declension
  • declination
  • decline
  • decompose
  • decomposition
  • decrease
  • decrement
  • deflate
  • deflation
  • degeneracy
  • degenerate
  • degeneration
  • degradation
  • degrade
  • demolishment
  • demolition
  • depreciation
  • descend
  • descent
  • desolation
  • destruction
  • deteriorate
  • deterioration
  • devolution
  • devolve
  • die down
  • die out
  • dilapidate
  • diminish
  • diminishment
  • diminution
  • dip
  • disintegrate
  • disintegration
  • dissolution
  • downfall
  • downgrade
  • downsize
  • downslide
  • downtrend
  • downturn
  • droop
  • drop
  • drop-off
  • dwindle
  • dwindling
  • ease
  • ease off
  • eclipse
  • evaporate
  • fade away
  • fading away
  • fail
  • fall
  • fall away
  • fall back
  • falloff
  • flag
  • flagging
  • flow back
  • give out
  • go out
  • go to pot
  • go to seed
  • going out
  • havoc
  • lag
  • languish
  • lessen
  • lessening
  • let up
  • loss
  • low tide
  • low water
  • lower
  • lowering
  • melt
  • moderate
  • molder
  • nadir
  • outward flow
  • pall
  • peter out
  • petering out
  • phase down
  • putrefy
  • recede
  • recession
  • reduce
  • reduction
  • refluence
  • reflux
  • regress
  • relax
  • relent
  • remit
  • retire
  • retreat
  • retrocede
  • retrocession
  • retroflux
  • retrograde
  • rot
  • rotting
  • ruin
  • ruination
  • run down
  • run to seed
  • sag
  • shrink
  • shrinkage
  • sink
  • sinking
  • slacken
  • slackening
  • slip
  • slump
  • sour
  • spoil
  • spoiling
  • subside
  • subsidence
  • sunset
  • sweep
  • taper
  • taper off
  • undermine
  • vanish
  • wane
  • waning
  • weaken
  • weakening
  • wilt
  • withdraw
  • withdrawal
  • worsen

fade

  • French twist
  • Mohawk
  • abate
  • achromatize
  • attenuate
  • become colorless
  • beehive
  • big hair
  • blanch
  • bleach
  • blench
  • blur
  • bob
  • braid
  • break down
  • brighten
  • bun
  • buzz cut
  • chignon
  • clear
  • coiffure
  • comb-over
  • conk
  • crew cut
  • crop
  • cut
  • decay
  • decline
  • decolorize
  • degenerate
  • deliquesce
  • dematerialize
  • deteriorate
  • die away
  • die on vine
  • dim
  • diminish
  • disappear
  • discolor
  • disperse
  • dissipate
  • dissolve
  • do
  • droop
  • drop out of sight
  • dry up
  • ducktail
  • dull
  • ebb
  • emaciate
  • etiolate
  • evanesce
  • evanish
  • evaporate
  • fag out
  • fail
  • fall
  • flag
  • flee
  • fly
  • fold
  • frost
  • go
  • grow dim
  • haircut
  • hairdo
  • hairstyle
  • hush
  • lag
  • languish
  • lessen
  • lighten
  • lose brightness
  • lose luster
  • mat
  • matt
  • matte
  • melt
  • melt away
  • moderate
  • muddy
  • neutralize
  • pageboy
  • pale
  • perish
  • perm
  • permanent
  • peter out
  • pigtail
  • plait
  • pompadour
  • ponytail
  • poop out
  • pug
  • queue
  • quiet
  • rarefy
  • roach
  • rot
  • run down
  • sag
  • shag
  • shingle
  • shrivel
  • silver
  • sink
  • slack off
  • snow
  • taper
  • tarnish
  • thin
  • tire
  • tone down
  • trim
  • tucker out
  • updo
  • upsweep
  • vanish
  • wane
  • wash out
  • waste away
  • weaken
  • wear out
  • whiten
  • whitewash
  • wilt
  • wither
  • yield

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