What does absent mean?

absent means "not being in a specified place". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in absent?

absent has 2 syllables: ab-sent. The stress falls on "ab". In IPA it is /ˈæbsənt/.

What is another word for absent?

Close synonyms include lacking, missing, wanting, absentminded, abstracted. 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.

What is the opposite of absent?

The recorded antonyms are present.

Is absent a common word?

absent is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

absent — meaning, pronunciation and 4 definitions

adjective

3 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
not being in a specified place
Antonymspresent
Similaraway introuvable truant
2.
nonexistent
“the thumb is absent”
“her appetite was lacking”
Synonymslacking missing wanting
Similarnonexistent
3.
lost in thought; showing preoccupation
“an absent stare”
“an absentminded professor”
“the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence”
Synonymsabsentminded abstracted scatty
Similarinattentive

verb

1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
go away or leave
“He absented himself”
Synonymsremove
Broaderdisappear

Other forms of absent

past tense: absented·
present participle: absenting·
third person: absents·
comparative: absenter·
superlative: absentest·

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 absent

What does absent mean?: absent means "not being in a specified place". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in absent?: absent has 2 syllables: ab-sent. The stress falls on "ab". In IPA it is /ˈæbsənt/.
What is another word for absent?: Close synonyms include lacking, missing, wanting, absentminded, abstracted. 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.
What is the opposite of absent?: The recorded antonyms are present.
Is absent a common word?: absent is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for absent come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adjective

3 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
not being in a specified place
Antonymspresent
Similaraway introuvable truant
2.
nonexistent
“the thumb is absent”
“her appetite was lacking”
Synonymslacking missing wanting
Similarnonexistent
3.
lost in thought; showing preoccupation
“an absent stare”
“an absentminded professor”
“the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence”
Synonymsabsentminded abstracted scatty
Similarinattentive

verb

1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
go away or leave
“He absented himself”
Synonymsremove
Broaderdisappear

Other forms of absent

past tense: absented·
present participle: absenting·
third person: absents·
comparative: absenter·
superlative: absentest·

Questions about absent

What does absent mean?: absent means "not being in a specified place". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in absent?: absent has 2 syllables: ab-sent. The stress falls on "ab". In IPA it is /ˈæbsənt/.
What is another word for absent?: Close synonyms include lacking, missing, wanting, absentminded, abstracted. 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.
What is the opposite of absent?: The recorded antonyms are present.
Is absent a common word?: absent is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

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