missing personnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌmɪs.ɪŋ ˈpɜː.sən/us/ˌmɪs.ɪŋ ˈpɝː.sən/someone who has disappeared and is no longer in communication with their family and friends:
He was reported as a missing person to the police.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Absent
- absence
- absent
- absentee
- AWOL
- be conspicuous by your absence idiom
- conspicuous
- go AWOL idiom
- in absentia
- lacuna
- miss
- missing
- no-show
- nowhere
- nowhere to be found idiom
- out