Synonyms for absent

Verb

1. absent, remove, disappear, vanish, go away

usage: go away or leave; "He absented himself"

Adjective

1. absent (vs. present), away(predicate), gone(predicate), departed(prenominal), introuvable, lacking(predicate), missing, nonexistent, wanting(prenominal), truant, awol, devoid

usage: not in a specified place physically or mentally

2. absent, absentminded, abstracted, scatty, inattentive (vs. attentive)

usage: lost in thought; showing preoccupation; "an absent stare"; "an absentminded professer"; "the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence"