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truant

/'tr/u//@/nt/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. Wandering from business or duty; loitering; idle, and shirking duty; as, a <i>truant</i> boy.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

noun

  1. one who is absent from school without permission

    noun.person

    Synonyms hooky player

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. someone who shirks duty

    noun.person

    Synonyms no-show nonattender

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. One who stays away from business or any duty; especially, one who stays out of school without leave; an idler; a loiterer; a shirk.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. absent without permission

    adj.all

    Examples
    Truant schoolboys.
    Synonyms awol

    Source: WordNet 3.0

verb

  1. To idle away time; to loiter, or wander; to play the truant.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

  2. To idle away; to waste.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

Nearby words

troy unittroy weighttroyouncetruagetruancytruandtruantlytruantshiptrubtrubtalltrubutruce

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