Antonyms of noun appearance

2 of 6 senses of appearance

Sense 2
appearance -- (the event of coming into sight)
       Antonym of disappearance (Sense 2)
      => disappearance -- (the event of passing out of sight)

Sense 5
appearance -- (the act of appearing in public view; "the rookie made a brief appearance in the first period"; "it was Bernhardt's last appearance in America")
       Antonym of disappearance (Sense 1)
      => disappearance, disappearing -- (the act of leaving secretly or without explanation)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun appearance

6 senses of appearance

Sense 1
appearance, visual aspect -- (outward or visible aspect of a person or thing)
       => quality -- (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare)

Sense 2
appearance -- (the event of coming into sight)
       => happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event -- (an event that happens)

Sense 3
appearance, appearing, coming into court -- (formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action)
       => attendance, attending -- (the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.))

Sense 4
appearance -- (a mental representation; "I tried to describe his appearance to the police")
       => representation, mental representation, internal representation -- (a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image)

Sense 5
appearance -- (the act of appearing in public view; "the rookie made a brief appearance in the first period"; "it was Bernhardt's last appearance in America")
       => arrival -- (the act of arriving at a certain place; "they awaited her arrival")

Sense 6
appearance, show -- (pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression; "they try to keep up appearances"; "that ceremony is just for show")
       => pretense, pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning -- (the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending")