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missing

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of missing

1 no longer possessed

  • the missing socks turned up in the dogʼs special hiding place
Synonyms of missing

gone, lost, mislaid, misplaced
Words Related to missing

absent, castaway

irrecoverable, irretrievable

forgotten, unknown
Near Antonyms of missing

cherished, loved, prized, protected, treasured, valued
Antonyms of missing

owned, possessed, retained

2 not present or in evidence

  • any sense of how real people talk and act is missing from this novel
Synonyms of missing

absent, lacking, nonexistent, wanting
Words Related to missing

dead, departed, extinct, lost, perished, vanished

defunct, done, expired, finished, lapsed, obsolete, over, passé

inadequate, insufficient, rare, scarce, sparse, uncommon
Near Antonyms of missing

active, alive, animate, living, thriving

current, going, prevailing, uncanceled

common, prevalent

apparent, conspicuous, evident, obvious, plain
Antonyms of missing

existent, present

3 not at a certain place

  • our church organist is missing this morning, so weʼll have to sing without her accompaniment
Synonyms of missing

absent, away, out
Words Related to missing

AWOL, truant

departed, gone, retired

abroad, vacationing
Near Antonyms of missing

accompanying, attending, participating
Antonyms of missing

here, in, present

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