Definition of Truant

1. Noun. One who is absent from school without permission.

Exact synonyms: Hooky Player
Generic synonyms: Absentee

2. Adjective. Absent without permission. "The soldier was AWOL for almost a week"
Exact synonyms: Awol
Similar to: Absent
Derivative terms: Awol, Truancy

3. Noun. Someone who shirks duty.
Exact synonyms: No-show, Nonattender
Generic synonyms: Offender, Wrongdoer

Definition of Truant

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

2. a. Wandering from business or duty; loitering; idle, and shirking duty; as, a truant boy.

3. v. i. To idle away time; to loiter, or wander; to play the truant.

4. v. t. To idle away; to waste.

Definition of Truant

1. to stay out of school without permission [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Truant

trowsers
trowth
trowths
troxerutin
troxidone
troy
Troy
troys
troy ounce
troy pound
troy unit
troy weight
Trp
truancies
truancy
truant (current term)
truanted
truanting
truantly
truantries
truantry
truants
trubtall
trubu
trucage
trucages
truce
truced
truceless
truces

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