absent

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; existing but not present; (sometimes) missing.
2. (not-comparable) Not existing.
3. (comparable) Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied.

Noun

1. (with-definite-article) Something absent, especially absent people collectively; those who were or are not there.
2. (Scotland, obsolete) An absentee; a person who is not there.

Prep

In the absence of; without; except.

Verb

1. (reflexive) To keep (oneself) away.
2. (archaic, transitive) To keep (someone) away.
3. (intransitive, obsolete) Stay away; withdraw.
4. (rare, transitive) Leave.
5. (rare, transitive) To omit.

Opposite of

present#Adjective, existing#Adjective, extant#Adjective

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈæb.sn̩t/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: absent

Inherited from Middle English: absenten

In summary

From Middle English absent, from Middle French absent, from Old French ausent, and their source, Latin absens, present participle of absum (“to be away from”), from ab (“away”) + sum (“to be”).

Synonyms

missing

not present

away

gone

lacking

wanting

absent-minded

not be

scatty

abstracted

without

faraway

nonexistent

non-existent

absentminded

out

disappear

absence

inattentive

remove

lack

depart

stay away

distant

unmindful

empty

absent oneself

be absent

not here

none

be away

abstract

truant

unreal

vacant

withdrawn

away from home

far-away

on a journey

living abroad

gone abroad

long way off

not all there

not arrived

staying abroad

nonexistent

non-existent

absent minded

abstain

apart

Translations

absent

assente

ausente

abwesend

ausente

afwezig

απών

absent

mancante

nieobecny

absens

verstrooid

assentarsi

absent

fehlend