Synonyms for absent
ˈæb sənt; æbˈsɛnt, ˈæb səntab·sent

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1. absent

   As regards mental action, absorbed, abstracted, and preoccupied refer to the cause, absent or absent-minded to the effect. The man absorbed in one thing will appear absent in others. A preoccupied person may seem listless and thoughtless, but the really listless and thoughtless have not mental energy to be preoccupied. The absent-minded man is oblivious of ordinary matters, because his thoughts are elsewhere. One who is preoccupied is intensely busy in thought; one may be absent-minded either through intense concentration or simply through inattention, with fitful and aimless wandering of thought. Compare ABSTRACT.

   Synonyms:
   absent-minded, absorbed, abstracted, heedless, inattentive, indifferent, listless, negligent, oblivious, preoccupied, thoughtless

   Antonyms:
   alert, attentive, on hand, prompt, ready, thoughtful, wide-awake

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1. absentadjective

   Synonyms:
   not present, gone away, elsewhere, inattentive, thoughtless, listless, preoccupied

   Antonyms:
   present, in this place, here, attentive

2. absent

   Synonyms:
   keep away, depart, withdraw

   Antonyms:
   be present, stay, remain

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1. absentadjective

   not being in a specified place

   Synonyms:
   absentminded, wanting, scatty, lacking, abstracted, missing

   Antonyms:
   omnipresent, present, existing, existent, here(p), ever-present, attentive, attendant, naturally occurring, ubiquitous

2. lacking, absent, missing, wantingadjective

   nonexistent

   "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was lacking"

   Synonyms:
   abstracted, scatty, lacking(p), wanting, lacking, wanting(p), absentminded, deficient, missing

   Antonyms:
   omnipresent, here(p), attentive, existing, existent, attendant, ever-present, naturally occurring, ubiquitous, present

3. absent, absentminded, abstracted, scattyverb

   lost in thought; showing preoccupation

   "an absent stare"; "an absentminded professor"; "the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence"

   Synonyms:
   abstracted, wanting, rattlepated, lacking, absentminded, missing, scatty, scatterbrained, rattlebrained

   Antonyms:
   present, ubiquitous, here(p), ever-present, existent, omnipresent, naturally occurring, attendant, existing, attentive

4. absent, removeverb

   go away or leave

   "He absented himself"

   Synonyms:
   move out, take, slay, transfer, dispatch, get rid of, hit, withdraw, take away, remove, take out, bump off, murder, off, polish off

   Antonyms:
   existent, naturally occurring, existing, attentive, here(p), ever-present, omnipresent, attendant, present, ubiquitous

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1. absentadjective

   Synonyms:
   away, gone, not present

2. absentadjective

   Synonyms:
   abstracted, preoccupied, inattentive, dreaming, musing, lost, napping, absent-minded, in a brown study

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1. List of paraphrases for "absent":

   absentee, non-existent, absence, missing, no-shows, regrets, nonexistent, lack

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1. Yanis Varoufakis:

   We outlined to him the main objectives of this government, which is to reform Greece in a way that has never been tried before and with a determination that was always absent, we also stated categorically that the debt-deflationary cycle in which Greece finds itself is detrimental to all efforts to reform Greece.

2. Robert Copeland:

   To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three men, two of whom are absent.

3. Lawrence Yun:

   Maybe it is a good thing they were absent when Lawrence Yun real estate was super hot, no one really missed the foreign market, but given the current shift in the market, with more inventory and homes staying on the market, it might begin to pick up as more international travel is possible.

4. David Caruso:

   I love Will Danoff, he's like the absent-minded professor and he has encyclopedia knowledge of stocks, if he were to leave I would have to think very hard about leaving my assets there.

5. Homer:

   At last is Hector stretch'd upon the plain,Who fear'd no vengeance for Patroclus slainThen, Prince You should have fear'd, what now you feelAchilles absent was Achilles stillYet a short space the great avenger stayed,Then low in dust thy strength and glory laid.