absent
Away from present
Absent is typically an adjective that characterizes something that is not present: Four students were absent yesterday.
It is usually a predicate adjective but when used before a noun it often denotes something that is normally present: an absent father.
Absent can be used as a preposition, and is commonly used by journalists: Absent any legislative action, tax rates will be higher in 2013.
No longer present
- awayNot in this location
- lackingBeing without something
- unavailableCannot be accessed
- nonattendantOne not present
truant · AWOL · no-show · unaccounted · departed · elsewhere · not present · off
Inattentive to immediate surroundings
- distractedUnable to concentrate
- preoccupiedMentally elsewhere, not present
- daydreamingIdle mental wandering
- unfocusedWithout clear direction
spacey · scatterbrained · dreamy · oblivious · zoned out · lost in thought · wool-gathering · miles away
Entirely without
Shut out, denied entry
- left outNot made part of
- removedTaken from position
- deletedPermanently removed
- overlookedNot noticed or considered
skipped · passed over · dropped · cut · unmentioned · neglected · forgotten · disregarded
gone
No longer present
- awayNot in this location
- lackingBeing without something
- unavailableCannot be accessed
nonattendant · truant · AWOL · no-show · unaccounted · departed · elsewhere · not present · off · out
absentminded
Inattentive to immediate surroundings
- distractedUnable to concentrate
- preoccupiedMentally elsewhere, not present
- daydreamingIdle mental wandering
unfocused · spacey · scatterbrained · dreamy · oblivious · zoned out · lost in thought · wool-gathering · miles away · detached
devoid
Entirely without
excluded
Shut out, denied entry
overlooked · skipped · passed over · dropped · cut · unmentioned · neglected · forgotten · disregarded · unstated
- absenceaway, gone, missing, lack, vacancy
- attendanceattendance, present, here, attendance sheet, attendance log
- binary statesyes, no, true, false, on
- inattentiondistracted, spacing, distraction, obliviousness, unfocused
- opposite statesalive, dead, awake, asleep, open
- states of beingalive, dead, living, existing, conscious
- absentee landlordProperty owner elsewhere
- leave of absenceAuthorized extended time off
- absentee ballotVote cast from elsewhere
- unauthorized absenceBeing away without approval
- absent without leaveIllegally missing from duty
- absentee votingElectoral participation without presence
absence, absences, absentee, absent-minded, absenteeism, absents, absentees, absently, absented