Why were you absent yesterday?
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Absent
//ˈæb.sn̩t//
Synonyms for "absent" (82 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (24)
Preposition(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Verb(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (41)
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3 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
5 entriescapable of
1 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
13 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
12 entriessimilar
10 entriesTranslations
161 translations across 55 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- afwesig adj (being away from a place)
- afwesig adj (not existing)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- οἰχόμενος adj (being away from a place)
- ἅπειμι verb (to withhold from being present)
Arabic
2 entries- شارِد adj (inattentive)
- غَائِب adj (being away from a place)
Armenian
3 entries- անջատված adj (inattentive)
- բացակա adj (being away from a place)
- բացակա adj (not existing)
Asturian
1 entries- ausente adj (being away from a place)
Belarusian
2 entries- адсу́тны adj (being away from a place)
- адсу́тнічаць adj (being away from a place)
Bulgarian
4 entries- невнима́телен adj (inattentive)
- несъществу́ващ adj (not existing)
- отсъ́стващ adj (being away from a place)
- отсъ́стващ adj (inattentive)
Catalan
4 entries- absent adj (being away from a place)
- absent adj (not existing)
- absent adj (inattentive)
- absentar verb (to withhold from being present)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 缺席 adj (being away from a place)
- 缺席 adj (inattentive)
Czech
1 entries- nepřítomný adj (being away from a place)
Danish
1 entries- fraværende adj (being away from a place)
Dutch
4 entries- absent adj (being away from a place)
- afwezig adj (being away from a place)
- afwezig adj (not existing)
- afwezig adj (inattentive)
Esperanto
1 entries- foresti verb (to withhold from being present)
Estonian
1 entries- puuduv adj (being away from a place)
Finnish
4 entries- olematon adj (not existing)
- poissa (oleva) adj (being away from a place)
- poissaoleva adj (inattentive)
- puuttuva adj (being away from a place)
French
3 entries- absent adj (being away from a place)
- absent adj (not existing)
- absent adj (inattentive)
Galician
1 entries- ausente adj (being away from a place)
Georgian
2 entries- არდამსწრე adj (being away from a place)
- არმყოფი adj (being away from a place)
German
4 entries- abwesend adj (being away from a place)
- geistig abwesend adj (inattentive)
- fehlen verb (to withhold from being present)
- fernbleiben verb (to withhold from being present)
Greek
4 entries- ανύπαρκτος adj (not existing)
- απών adj (being away from a place)
- αφηρημένος adj (inattentive)
- απουσιάζω verb (to withhold from being present)
Gujarati
1 entries- ગેરહાજર adj (being away from a place)
Hindi
2 entries- अनुपस्थित adj (being away from a place)
- ग़ैरहाज़िर adj (being away from a place)
Hungarian
3 entries- hiányzó adj (not existing)
- szórakozott adj (inattentive)
- távol lévő adj (being away from a place)
Ido
3 entries- absenta adj (being away from a place)
- absenta adj (not existing)
- absenteskar verb (to withhold from being present)
Indonesian
2 entries- absen verb (to withhold from being present)
- alpa verb (to withhold from being present)
Italian
3 entries- assente adj (being away from a place)
- assente adj (not existing)
- assente adj (inattentive)
Japanese
4 entries- いない adj (being away from a place)
- 持たない adj (not existing)
- 欠席する adj (being away from a place)
- 無い adj (not existing)
Korean
2 entries- 결석하는 adj (being away from a place)
- 없는 adj (being away from a place)
Latin
3 entries- absēns adj (being away from a place)
- amens adj (inattentive)
- absum verb (to withhold from being present)
Macedonian
1 entries- отсутен adj (being away from a place)
Malay
1 entries- absen adj (being away from a place)
Maltese
1 entries- nieqes adj (being away from a place)
Marathi
1 entries- गैरहजर adj (being away from a place)
Māori
4 entries- kaitu adj (being away from a place)
- matangaro adj (being away from a place)
- muhukai adj (inattentive)
- ngaro adj (being away from a place)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- fraværende adj (being away from a place)
- fraværende adj (not existing)
- fraværende adj (inattentive)
- ikke-eksisterende adj (not existing)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- fråverande adj (being away from a place)
- fråverande adj (not existing)
- fråverande adj (inattentive)
Old English
1 entries- æfweard adj (being away from a place)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- اكسیك adj (not existing)
- نقصان adj (not existing)
Persian
1 entries- غایب adj (being away from a place)
Polish
1 entries- nieobecny adj (being away from a place)
Portuguese
4 entries- ausente adj (being away from a place)
- ausente adj (not existing)
- ausente adj (inattentive)
- inexistente adj (not existing)
Quechua
1 entries- ch'usay verb (to withhold from being present)
Romanian
4 entries- absent adj (being away from a place)
- absent adj (not existing)
- absent adj (inattentive)
- distrat adj (inattentive)
Russian
4 entries- невнима́тельный adj (inattentive)
- несуществу́ющий adj (not existing)
- отсу́тствовать adj (being away from a place)
- отсу́тствующий adj (being away from a place)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- neprisutan adj (being away from a place)
- odsutan adj (being away from a place)
- неприсутан adj (being away from a place)
Slovak
1 entries- neprítomný adj (being away from a place)
Slovene
1 entries- odsoten adj (being away from a place)
Spanish
4 entries- absente (disused) adj (being away from a place)
- absente (disused) adj (not existing)
- absente (disused) adj (inattentive)
- ausente adj (being away from a place)
Swedish
3 entries- frånvarande adj (being away from a place)
- frånvarande adj (not existing)
- frånvarande adj (inattentive)
Tagalog
2 entries- huwat adj (being away from a place)
- liban adj (being away from a place)
Thai
2 entries- หายหัว adj (being away from a place)
- ไม่อยู่ adj (being away from a place)
Ukrainian
1 entries- відсу́тній adj (being away from a place)
Urdu
2 entries- غائب adj (being away from a place)
- غیر حاضر adj (being away from a place)
Vietnamese
2 entries- lơ đãng adj (inattentive)
- vắng mặt adj (being away from a place)
Woiwurrung
2 entries- abenden ngargit adj (inattentive)
- yani'jak adj (being away from a place)
Sample sentences
35 total sentences available.
You must not be absent from school.
Source: tatoeba (16232)
Why did you absent yourself from class yesterday?
Source: tatoeba (16454)
Who is absent?
Source: tatoeba (19824)
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