All hooky synonyms
hook·y
H h noun hooky
- vacancy — the state of being vacant; emptiness.
- absenteeism — Absenteeism is the fact or habit of frequently being away from work or school, usually without a good reason.
- truancy — the act or state of being truant.
- nonattendance — failure to attend: Members of the society can be dropped for chronic nonattendance.
- awol — 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'.
- nonappearance — failure to appear, as in a court.
- cut — If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
- french leave — Sometimes Offensive. a departure without ceremony, permission, or notice: Taking French leave, he evaded his creditors.
- truantry — truancy.
adjective hooky
- absent — If someone or something is absent from a place or situation where they should be or where they usually are, they are not there.
- truant — a student who stays away from school without permission.
- absent without leave — absent from duty without official permission but with no intention of deserting
- no-show — a person who makes a reservation and neither uses nor cancels it.