English adjective: absent | |||
1. | absent not being in a specified place | ||
Similar | away, awol, introuvable, truant | ||
Attribute | presence | ||
Antonyms | present | ||
2. | absent nonexistent | ||
Samples | The thumb is absent. Her appetite was lacking. | ||
Synonyms | lacking, missing, wanting | ||
Similar | nonexistent | ||
Antonyms | existent, existing | ||
3. | absent lost in thought; showing preoccupation | ||
Samples | An absent stare. An absentminded professor. The scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence. | ||
Synonyms | absentminded, abstracted, scatty | ||
Similar | inattentive | ||
Antonyms | attentive | ||
English verb: absent | |||
1. | absent (change) go away or leave | ||
Samples | He absented himself. | ||
Synonyms | remove | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | disappear, go away, vanish | ||