Synonyms for truant
ˈtru ənttru·ant

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1. truant

   Synonyms:
   vagabond, loitering, idling, shirking, vagrant, loose, apostate, renegade

   Antonyms:
   sedulous, domestic, industrious, diligent, loyal, adherent, faithful, attached

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1. truant, hooky playernoun

   one who is absent from school without permission

   Synonyms:
   nonattender, hooky player, no-show

   Antonyms:
   present

2. no-show, nonattender, truantadjective

   someone who shirks duty

   Synonyms:
   nonattender, hooky player, no-show

   Antonyms:
   present

3. truant, awoladjective

   absent without permission

   "truant schoolboys"; "the soldier was AWOL for almost a week"

   Synonyms:
   awol

   Antonyms:
   present

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1. • Absentee

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1. truantnoun

   Synonyms:
   idler, loiterer, shirk

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How to use truant in a sentence?

1. Philip Sidney:

   Thus, with child to speak, and helpless in my throes, biting my truant pen, beating myself for spite: Fool! said my muse to me, look in thy heart, and write.

2. Sir Philip Sidney:

   But words came halting forth, wanting Inventions stayInvention, Natures child, fled step-dame Studys blows...Biting my truant pen, beating myself for spite,Fool, said my Muse to me look in thy heart and write.

3. Mark Mastrov:

   He can become a truant of the state and he could be arrested, i said,' Are you going to come and try to arrest my son at my home, or fine me for not getting him to his Zoom class perfectly on time everyday ?'.