Absent

/ˈæb.sn̩t/

Synonyms for "absent" (123 found)

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Closest matches (25)

Adjective(9 words)

lacking missing absentminded abstracted amiss awayaway scheduleaway statusawol

absconded absent-minded absentminded absorbed abstracted away bemused castle-building daydreaming daydreamydead to the world

Noun(4 words)

absentee absenting cerodata missing indicator

Verb(1 words)

amputated

Strong matches (37)

Verb(4 words)

decamped elided evaded missed

Noun(3 words)

default configurationhookey hooky

deficient deleted departed disappeared distrait dreaming dreamy drowsing ecstatic elsewhere engrossed faraway forgetful gone half-awake heedlessin a reveriein the cloudsincuriouskeep away from

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lacking lostlost in thoughtmeditative missing

Adjective(5 words)

distracted forgetful gone inattentivelost time

Related words (61)

Adjective(12 words)

missing documentmissing itemmissing phone entrymissing valuenonextantnot herenot includedpreoccupied scatty unlisted vacant wanting

mooning moonraking museful musing nappingno longer presentnodding nonattendant nonexistentnot foundnot presentoblivious off omitted outout of sightpensive pipe-dreaming preoccupied rapt

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somewhere elsestargazing subtractedtaken awaytaken uptransported truant unconscious vanished wantingwithdraw fromwoolgatheringwrapped in thought

Noun(8 words)

nilno diagnosis code fieldnot existednull truant truantingwithout templateswithout tools

Verb(7 words)

remove removed skedaddled skipped truanted uninstalled vamoosed

Preposition(1 words)

without

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

9 entries

absencecognitive statecondition deficiency disappeargo awaymental statestate vanish

More specific

6 entries

absent dataabsent from classabsent from schoolabsent ingredientdistracted inattentive

Collocations

6 entries

absent from classabsent from schoolabsent without leaveabsent-minded absent-mindednesschronically absent

Inflections

2 entries

more absentmost absent

Derivations

4 entries

absent-minded absentee absenteeism absently

Antonyms

1 entries

present

similar

6 entries

away awol inattentive introuvable nonexistent truant

Sample sentences

35 total sentences available.

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Why were you absent yesterday?

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You must not be absent from school.

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Why did you absent yourself from class yesterday?

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Who is absent?

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