Absent — synonyms, absent antonyms, definition

1. absent (o)

away busy gone lacking left not in omitted on vacation out wanting

2. absent (a)

absorbed abstracted aloof bashful bemused bewildered distant distrait faraway forfeited gone inattentive irrevocable lacking lost missing negative null oblivious passed • • •

3. absent (Verb)

abscond decamp depart go leave part pass quit remove retreat skip

absent (Verb) — Go away or leave. ex. "He absented himself"

disappear go away vanish

4. absent (a/o)

gone lacking not in omitted out wanting

5. absent (Adjective)

absentminded scatty present

absent (Adjective) — Not being in a specified place.

absent (Adjective) — Nonexistent. ex. "the thumb is absent"

absent (Adjective) — Lost in thought; showing preoccupation. ex. "an absent stare"

presence

6. absent (Preposition)

absent (Preposition) — In absence of. ex. "absent the latter assumption, we get a different result"