All absent synonyms
abΒ·sent
A a verb absent
- remove β to move from a place or position; take away or off: to remove the napkins from the table.
- move out β an act or instance of moving; movement.
- set forth β to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- cut and run β to make a rapid escape
- hit the bricks β a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc.: traditionally, in the U.S., a rectangle 2.25 Γ 3.75 Γ 8 inches (5.7 Γ 9.5 Γ 20.3 cm), red, brown, or yellow in color.
- go forth β military: set out
- move on β to pass from one place or position to another.
- start out β begin career
- git β British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- get away β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- depart β When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
- go away β leave!
- hit the trail β (Idiomatic) To leave or depart.
adj absent
- away β If someone or something moves or is moved away from a place, they move or are moved so that they are no longer there. If you are away from a place, you are not in the place where people expect you to be.
- removed β remote; separate; not connected with; distinct from.
- vanished β to disappear from sight, especially quickly; become invisible: The frost vanished when the sun came out.
- missing β Missing definition
- unavailable β suitable or ready for use; of use or service; at hand: I used whatever tools were available.
- lacking β being without; not having; wanting; less: Lacking equipment, the laboratory couldn't undertake the research project.
- vacant β having no contents; empty; void: a vacant niche.
- nonexistent β absence of existence.
- devoid β destitute or void (of); free (from)
- ghost β the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons.
- gone β past participle of go1 .
- blank β Something that is blank has nothing on it.
- wanting β lacking or absent: a motor with some of the parts wanting.
- hollow β having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty: a hollow sphere.
- bare β If a part of your body is bare, it is not covered by any clothing.
- omitted β to leave out; fail to include or mention: to omit a name from a list.
- astray β out of the correct path or direction
- hooky β unjustifiable absence from school, work, etc. (usually used in the phrase play hooky): On the first warm spring day the boys played hooky to go fishing.
- awol β If someone in the Armed Forces goes AWOL, they leave their post without the permission of a superior officer. AWOL is an abbreviation for 'absent without leave'.
- no-show β a person who makes a reservation and neither uses nor cancels it.
- minus β less by the subtraction of; decreased by: Ten minus six is four.
- vacuous β without contents; empty: the vacuous air.
noun absent
- truant β a student who stays away from school without permission.
adjective absent
- absent-minded β Someone who is absent-minded forgets things or does not pay attention to what they are doing, often because they are thinking about something else.
- deficient β If someone or something is deficient in a particular thing, they do not have the full amount of it that they need in order to function normally or work properly.
- in short supply β If something is in short supply, there is very little of it available and it is difficult to find or obtain.
- abstracted β Someone who is abstracted is thinking so deeply that they are not fully aware of what is happening around them.
- scatty β scatterbrained.
- absentminded β so lost in thought that one does not realize what one is doing, what is happening, etc.; preoccupied to the extent of being unaware of one's immediate surroundings.
- inattentive β not attentive; negligent.
- preoccupied β completely engrossed in thought; absorbed.
- vague β not clearly or explicitly stated or expressed: vague promises.
adverb absent
- out β away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner.