Quite a few students played truant from school.
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Truant
//ˈtɹuːənt//
Synonyms for "truant" (213 found)
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Noun(72 words)
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Adjective(1 words)
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53 translations across 20 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- stokkiesdraaier noun (student who is absent from school without permission; person who shirks or wanders from business or duty)
- stokkies draai verb (shirk or wander from business or duty)
Arabic
1 entries- مُتَغَيِّب adj (of a student: absent from school without permission)
Bulgarian
1 entries- кръшкач noun (student who is absent from school without permission; person who shirks or wanders from business or duty)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 曠課者 /旷课者 noun (student who is absent from school without permission; person who shirks or wanders from business or duty)
Czech
3 entries- za školou adj (of a student: absent from school without permission)
- ulejvák noun (student who is absent from school without permission; person who shirks or wanders from business or duty)
- záškolák noun (student who is absent from school without permission; person who shirks or wanders from business or duty)
Dutch
3 entries- spijbelend adj (of a student: absent from school without permission)
- spijbelaar noun (student who is absent from school without permission; person who shirks or wanders from business or duty)
- verzuimen noun (student who is absent from school without permission; person who shirks or wanders from business or duty)
Finnish
4 entries- lintsaava adj (of a student: absent from school without permission)
- luvattomasti poissaoleva adj (of a student: absent from school without permission)
- pinnaava adj (of a student: absent from school without permission)
- vastuistaan laistava adj (shirking or wandering from business or duty)
German
4 entries- am Schwänzen adj (of a student: absent from school without permission)
- herumgammelnd adj (shirking or wandering from business or duty)
- herumhängend adj (shirking or wandering from business or duty)
- herumlungernd adj (shirking or wandering from business or duty)
Hungarian
2 entries- lógós adj (of a student: absent from school without permission)
- lógós noun (student who is absent from school without permission; person who shirks or wanders from business or duty)
Indonesian
1 entries- pembolos noun (student who is absent from school without permission; person who shirks or wanders from business or duty)
Irish
1 entries- múitseálaí noun (student who is absent from school without permission; person who shirks or wanders from business or duty)
Italian
1 entries- pigro adj (of a student: absent from school without permission)
Polish
1 entries- wagarowicz noun (student who is absent from school without permission; person who shirks or wanders from business or duty)
Portuguese
1 entries- gazeteiro adj (of a student: absent from school without permission)
Russian
4 entries- прогу́ливающий adj (of a student: absent from school without permission)
- прогу́льщик adj (of a student: absent from school without permission)
- прогу́льщица adj (of a student: absent from school without permission)
- прогу́льщик noun (student who is absent from school without permission; person who shirks or wanders from business or duty)
Spanish
4 entries- truante adj (of a student: absent from school without permission)
- absentista noun (student who is absent from school without permission; person who shirks or wanders from business or duty)
- novillera noun (student who is absent from school without permission; person who shirks or wanders from business or duty)
- novillero noun (student who is absent from school without permission; person who shirks or wanders from business or duty)
Swedish
3 entries- skolk adj (shirking or wandering from business or duty)
- skolkare adj (of a student: absent from school without permission)
- skolkare noun (student who is absent from school without permission; person who shirks or wanders from business or duty)
Tagalog
3 entries- bulakbol adj (of a student: absent from school without permission)
- bulakbol noun (student who is absent from school without permission; person who shirks or wanders from business or duty)
- lakwatsero noun (student who is absent from school without permission; person who shirks or wanders from business or duty)
Ukrainian
3 entries- прогулюючий adj (of a student: absent from school without permission)
- прогульник noun (student who is absent from school without permission; person who shirks or wanders from business or duty)
- сачок noun (student who is absent from school without permission; person who shirks or wanders from business or duty)
Welsh
1 entries- triwant noun (student who is absent from school without permission; person who shirks or wanders from business or duty)
Sample sentences
35 total sentences available.
My father beat me almost black and blue for playing truant from school.
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When she was back, she said you were playing truant and they wanted to throw you out of the school.
Source: tatoeba (687538)
Fritz admits he often plays truant.
Source: tatoeba (766086)
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