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Truant

see synonyms of truant

Noun

1. hooky player, truant

one who is absent from school without permission

2. no-show, nonattender, truant

someone who shirks duty

Adjective

3. awol, truant

absent without permission

Example Sentences:
'truant schoolboys'
'the soldier was AWOL for almost a week'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Truant

see synonyms of truant
noun
1. 
a person who is absent without leave, esp from school
adjective
2. 
being or relating to a truant
verb
3. (intransitive)
to play truant

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Truant

see synonyms of truant
noun
1.  Obsolete
a lazy, idle person
2. 
a pupil who stays away from school without permission
3. 
a person who neglects his or her work or duties
adjective
4. 
that is a truant; that plays truant
5. 
idle; shiftless
6. 
characteristic of a truant; errant; straying
verb intransitive
7. 
to be or play truant

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Truant

see synonyms of truant
n.
1. One who is absent without permission, especially from school.
2. One who shirks work or duty.
adj.
1. Absent without permission, especially from school.
2. Idle, lazy, or neglectful.
intr.v. tru·ant·ed, tru·ant·ing, tru·ants
To be truant.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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