abscond

Other forms of abscond

past tense

absconded·

present participle

absconding·

third person

absconds·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about abscond

What does abscond mean?

abscond means "run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along".

How many syllables are in abscond?

abscond has 2 syllables: ab-scond. The stress falls on "scond". In IPA it is /æbˈskɑnd/.

What is another word for abscond?

Close synonyms include bolt, absquatulate, decamp, run off, go off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is abscond a common word?

abscond is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.