Word "ABSENT" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
nonexistent
Synonyms:
lacking, missing, wanting
Examples:
the thumb is absent

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
go away or leave
Synonyms:
remove
Examples:
He absented himself

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
lost in thought; showing preoccupation
Synonyms:
absentminded, abstracted, scatty
Examples:
an absent stare
an absentminded professor

Crossword Clues for ABSENT

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Clue Source Date
Skipping music, say New York Times 12 Jul 2025
Not at school LA Times Daily 08 Jul 2025
Not in class, maybe
Missing seaman dispatched
Not at registration at institution of, eg, SR Maunsell 30904 (6)
Missing (6) Mirror Quick 23 Jun 2025
Sailor got posted, but not there (6) Mirror Cryptic 23 Jun 2025
Missing The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 15 Jun 2025
A note transmitted is not there (6) Puzzler Cryptic 07 Jun 2025
Labs lent litres out, now missing (6)
Off school (6)
The first two letters posted are missing (6)
Not where one should be (6)
Missing The Telegraph Quick 24 Apr 2025
Contracted disease from meat when hosted by soldier? Not here
Not in class Commuter 11 Apr 2025
Opposite of "present"
Sailor got posted, but not there (6) Mirror Cryptic 08 Apr 2025
Missing Mirror Quick 08 Apr 2025
Missing Eugene Sheffer 05 Apr 2025
Away (from school) Mirror Tea Time 29 Mar 2025
"The ___ Minded Professor"; Fred MacMurray movie
Disease in worker not there (6)
Sailor dispatched miles away? The Telegraph Cryptic 04 Mar 2025
Not present Thomas Joseph 10 Feb 2025
The 'A' in AWOL (6)
__-minded LA Times Daily 24 Jan 2025
Sailor despatched and not here (6)
Sailor straightened nets out The Sun Two Speed 22 Jan 2025
Inattentive The Sun Two Speed 22 Jan 2025
Missing Wall Street Journal 16 Jan 2025
Not here The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 15 Jan 2025
Sailor posted as missing The Sun Two Speed 04 Jan 2025
Not present The Sun Two Speed 04 Jan 2025
Transmitted by a sailor not here at the moment
Missing Wall Street Journal 19 Dec 2024
A sailor told to go away (6)
Not present The Telegraph Quick 07 Dec 2024
Is not there when Naval rating gets posted (6)
Not present Thomas Joseph 25 Nov 2024
Being away, Ben sat awkwardly (6)
Sailor smell, we heard, made him AWOL (6)
Seaman sent away (6)
Missing school Universal 21 Nov 2024
Type of blood sent away (6)
Missing sailors - ten adrift
Transmitted by a sailor who's not here at the moment
Ban set unexpectedly away (6)
Missing notes dispatched
The sailor told to go there is not there (6)
Is not there, so is minded to be forgetful (6)
Describes a sailor given a mission (6)
Seaman posted missing (6)
Distracted, preoccupied
First two letters posted off? (6)
Graduate who returns when posted isn't there (6)
Inattentive knight wild beast devours The Times Quick Cryptic 30 Aug 2024
Missing dancing beats, tunes essentially (6)
Missing The Telegraph Quick 16 Aug 2024
Sailor ordered to go somewhere other than this place The Telegraph Toughie 14 Aug 2024
Missing from class USA Today 15 Jul 2024
Missing school for the day
Missing sailor made to leave (6)
Stomach muscles in France team leader showed when not in class (6)
Away (from school) Mirror Tea Time 23 Jun 2024
Isn't there a tendency to be around the South? (6)
Not in English, say New York Times 14 Jun 2024
The "A" of Awol The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 12 Jun 2024
Missing Eugene Sheffer 07 Jun 2024
Playing hooky USA Today 06 Jun 2024
A herb finally mailed out The Times Quick Cryptic 29 May 2024
Missing sailor gets discharged
Inattentive The Sun Two Speed 12 May 2024
Seaman posted as missing The Sun Two Speed 12 May 2024
Opposite of "present"
Lacking, non-existent (6)
Graduate got up and was told to go away (6)
Playing hooky, perhaps LA Times Daily 17 Apr 2024
Sailor's posted as missing (6) Puzzler Cryptic 15 Apr 2024
President carrying small books away
A book in the post is missing The Times Quick Cryptic 04 Apr 2024
Lost in thought, inattentive (6)
Sailor dispatched elsewhere (6)
Away somewhere, like a sailor mending nets (6)
Gone elsewhere
Not present The Sun Two Speed 19 Mar 2024
Sailor told to go away The Sun Two Speed 19 Mar 2024
Not attending Newsday 17 Mar 2024
Sailor's English books missing The Times Quick Cryptic 07 Mar 2024
Not present The Sun Two Speed 26 Feb 2024
A bachelor ecstatic, distracted The Sun Two Speed 26 Feb 2024
Not in attendance during Arab's entertainment (6)
Missing graduate returns to be dismissed (6)
Roll calls ten Bachelors of Arts artfully elsewhere! (6)
Inattentive worker catching disease The Times Cryptic 25 Jan 2024
Transmitted by a sailor who isn't here
Not seen in class today. (6)
Not present The Telegraph Quick 06 Jan 2024
Out of the picture Wall Street Journal 28 Dec 2023
Not in class USA Today 14 Dec 2023
Not here Universal 13 Dec 2023
Off on holiday (6)
Not in class LA Times Daily 23 Oct 2023
Neither here nor there LA Times Daily 21 Oct 2023
Not here Wall Street Journal 30 Sep 2023
Playing hooky, perhaps New York Times 22 Sep 2023
Away LA Times Daily 03 Sep 2023
Somewhere else LA Times Daily 01 Aug 2023
Sailor posted away The Times Cryptic 25 Jul 2023
Sailor gets posted away The Guardian Quiptic 24 Jul 2023
Worker, having contracted mad cow disease, is on leave The Telegraph Toughie 21 Jun 2023
Lacking The Telegraph Quick 09 Jun 2023
Missing Wall Street Journal 07 Jun 2023
One way to be marked New York Times 26 Apr 2023
Not at school Newsday 22 Mar 2023
Not in class Newsday 14 Mar 2023
___-minded (forgetful)
Boatman told to go for being inattentive The Guardian Cryptic 17 Jan 2023
Present's opposite Wall Street Journal 24 Dec 2022
Missing LA Times Daily 15 Dec 2022
Missing Thomas Joseph 15 Dec 2022
Not in class Universal 26 Nov 2022
Missing worker catches mad cow disease
Missing worker catches mad cow disease The Guardian Cryptic 22 Nov 2022
Son kidnapped by a criminal is not here The Telegraph Toughie 29 Sep 2022
Not in class today Newsday 20 Sep 2022
Part of AWOL New York Times 30 Aug 2022
Missing The Telegraph Quick 18 Aug 2022
Not in class today Newsday 01 Aug 2022
Jokey response during a roll call USA Today 25 Jul 2022
Not in class today Newsday 05 Jul 2022
Present's opposite Universal 26 Jun 2022
Out Wall Street Journal 01 Jun 2022
It's miles away perhaps from baked beans on top of toast Irish Times Crosaire 25 Mar 2022
Not in class today The Washington Post 22 Mar 2022
Not in class today LA Times Daily 22 Mar 2022
Missing out? Irish Times Crosaire 18 Mar 2022
Is miles away perhaps from baked beans on top of toast Irish Times Crosaire 16 Mar 2022
Like a no-show Universal 27 Feb 2022
AWOLs "A"
Sailor ordered to go is not paying attention
Not in class today Newsday 07 Feb 2022
Missing article about society's bias
Sailor posted away The Times Cryptic 17 Nov 2021
Playing hooky, say Universal 23 Oct 2021
Gone in a second, stolen by criminal
Not in class USA Today 11 Sep 2021
It's miles away perhaps from baked beans on top of toast Irish Times Crosaire 27 Aug 2021
Missing Eugene Sheffer 24 Aug 2021
Missing Wall Street Journal 21 Aug 2021
It's miles away perhaps from baked beans on top of toast Irish Times Crosaire 25 May 2021
Not present The Sun Two Speed 22 May 2021
Sailor told to go away The Sun Two Speed 22 May 2021
Part of AWOL Universal 12 May 2021
A fair amount of 14 across is not there Irish Times Crosaire 06 May 2021
Not in school today Newsday 21 Apr 2021
Missing worker rings bosses from time to time The Telegraph Cryptic 16 Apr 2021
Seaman posted as missing The Sun Two Speed 20 Feb 2021
Missing history, say The Washington Post Sunday 07 Feb 2021
Missing, lacking Irish Times Simplex 08 Jan 2021
A tendency to ring son that's not working
First two characters on trail reported missing
Inattentive The Sun Two Speed 28 Nov 2020
Seaman teasing nets out The Sun Two Speed 28 Nov 2020
Not present Irish Times Simplex 28 Nov 2020
. Distracted sailors lost net
Missing Canadiana 23 Nov 2020
The 'A' of AWOL New York Times 20 Oct 2020
Away Canadiana 19 Oct 2020
Out sick Thomas Joseph 15 Sep 2020
Not in class Wall Street Journal 14 Sep 2020
Seaman teasing nets out
A series of books about bovine disease is missing
Missing Universal 02 Jul 2020
Without one having blackmailed
A brigade leader posted miles away
Out New York Times 07 Jun 2020
Sailor posted away The Sun Two Speed 04 May 2020
A bishop posted elsewhere The Telegraph Cryptic 27 Apr 2020
Not present Thomas Joseph 27 Apr 2020
Tibetans lose it when not in attendance Irish Times Crosaire 06 Apr 2020
Wild beast devours knight, but not here The Sun Two Speed 22 Mar 2020
Not answering at roll call
Sailor broadcast to the missing
Sailor was despatched away
Missing sailor's near ward
First two letters dispatched is missing
Inattentive seaman tangled nets The Sun Two Speed 30 Nov 2019
Worker, carrying infectious disease, not present
Missing son taken in by a criminal The Telegraph Cryptic 30 Oct 2019
Inattentive sailor dismissed
Is not working for graduate returning to Capital Radio? Irish Times Crosaire 15 Oct 2019
Away The Times Concise 14 Oct 2019
Away, say Wall Street Journal 21 Sep 2019
Missing class Universal 19 Aug 2019
Disease social worker keeps missing
Rim from brain stem is missing Irish Times Crosaire 07 Aug 2019
Not here Wall Street Journal 27 Jul 2019
Missing school New York Times 23 Jul 2019
Inattentive sailor discharged? The Telegraph Cryptic 19 Jul 2019
Wasn't there for fresh beans on toast for starter Irish Times Crosaire 19 Jul 2019
Not in class Newsday 15 Jul 2019
In insect, bovine disease not there! The Telegraph Cryptic 07 Jul 2019
A book mailed is miles away
Sailor posted as missing The Sun Two Speed 20 Apr 2019
Missing parts of muscular body found by hospital dept The Telegraph Cryptic 30 Mar 2019
Not in class Universal 13 Mar 2019
Out of class LA Times Daily 17 Feb 2019
Out of class The Washington Post 17 Feb 2019
Elsewhere Newsday 14 Feb 2019
Lacking a preference, purchases Sun at first The Telegraph Cryptic 31 Jan 2019
Playing hooky, say The Washington Post 27 Jan 2019
Lacking a natural ability to eat seconds
Playing hooky, say LA Times Daily 27 Jan 2019
Not in class
Playing hooky, say
Out of class
Missing school
Missing class
Away, say
Not here
A disposition to pinch soprano, but not there
A bachelor told to go away
No Asians in San Sebastian on holiday Irish Times Crosaire 23 Nov 2018
One seen around stock exchange, trading at the beginning is missing
Like the letter R in this puzzle's entire solution Premier Sunday 04 Nov 2018
Not in class The Washington Post 21 Oct 2018
Not there Premier Sunday 21 Oct 2018
Not in class LA Times Daily 21 Oct 2018
Sailor given errand is away
Not present The Times Concise 10 Sep 2018
Not present
Bovine disease in insect not there
A boy told to go away
Not in the picture USA Today 21 Jun 2018
Not in the team photo USA Today 14 Jun 2018
Away LA Times Daily 25 May 2018
Away The Washington Post 25 May 2018
A son restricted by talent for daydreaming
Missing Eugene Sheffer 07 May 2018
Without LA Times Daily 21 Mar 2018
Without The Washington Post 21 Mar 2018
Neither here nor there? The Washington Post Sunday 25 Feb 2018
Worker infected by animal disease while away
Not in the picture
Not in the team photo
Missing
Not in class
Away
Missing The Telegraph Quick 20 Dec 2017
Lacking muscles, went topless The Telegraph Cryptic 12 Dec 2017
Missing Thomas Joseph 26 Oct 2017
Part of AWOL USA Today 19 Sep 2017
A bishop ecstatic, distracted
Roll call notation USA Today 20 Jul 2017
Sailor posted miles away
Missing a beautiful heady pronounced scent Irish Times Crosaire 31 May 2017
Away The Telegraph Quick 24 Apr 2017
Attendance sheet notation USA Today 19 Apr 2017
Led out steel band in a world of one's own Irish Times Crosaire 18 Apr 2017
Sailor's net cast away
This is how I got an A in class and I wasn't even there Irish Times Crosaire 23 Jan 2017
Sailor dispatched, not here
Part of AWOL
Attendance sheet notation
Roll call notation
Missing half of 5 down Irish Times Crosaire 13 Dec 2016
Sailor dispatched somewhere else The Telegraph Cryptic 11 Dec 2016
Ditching class, say LA Times Daily 22 Nov 2016
Attendance book notation USA Today 14 Nov 2016
Sailor transported is no longer here The Times Cryptic 09 Nov 2016
Miles away from A in school? Irish Times Crosaire 18 Oct 2016
Out of one's class LA Times Daily 24 Sep 2016
Not present Premier Sunday 18 Sep 2016
Missing from school Wall Street Journal 10 May 2016
Not present USA Today 11 Jan 2016
Not present
Ditching class, say
Attendance book notation
Out of one's class
Not here Eugene Sheffer 08 Dec 2015
Not answering roll call LA Times Daily 18 Nov 2015
Out to provoke more fondness? The Times Cryptic 17 Nov 2015
Not there The Washington Post 16 Nov 2015
Not present The Telegraph Quick 18 Oct 2015
Classless? Jonesin 06 Oct 2015
Lacking LA Times Daily 13 Sep 2015
Dreamy seaman's medical speciality
Sailor told to go away
Not there Jonesin 26 Feb 2015
Not answering roll call
Not there
Lacking
Without
Snot song they missed roll call for?
Snot song they didn't show up for?
Not in class
Missing son kidnapped by a criminal
Like a no-show
Not answering the roll call
Like a sick student, probably
Part of AWOL
Not present
Cutting, maybe
Not there
Not attentive
Out
Cutting, maybe
Playing hooky
Truant, perhaps
Missing from class
Missing, in a way
Not present
Not present
Without
Not in class
Out of the picture
Out of the picture
Out
Playing hooky
Out of one's class, say
Whimsical roll-call response
Not here
Out
Not at school
Heading on a roll book
Missing
Like someone who has no class?
Playing hooky
Not attending
Classless?
Not around
Not attending
Not in the picture
Missing
Unable to hear a lecture, say
AWOL part
Not working, perhaps
Heading on a roll book
Not in attendance
Report-card notation
Roll-book heading
Attendance book heading
Like someone who has no class?
Out to lunch, say
Not here
Out to lunch, say
Out
Not in school
Away
Part of AWOL
Not at school
Away
Away
Missing
Roll call notation
Not attending
Not in the same class?
Roll book heading, perhaps
Playing hooky
Not here
Not attending
Marked as a no-show
Cutting out
Away
Not here
Away
Not there
Like a no-show
Not in class
Sailor posted away
Part of AWOL
Attendance book heading
Not around
Gone
Missing
A, as in AWOL
Heading on a roll book
Not in attendance
Attendance notation
Roll-book heading
Teacher's rollbook entry
Preoccupied
Roll-book notation
Elsewhere
Keep (oneself) away
Lacking
Kind of minded
___ oneself (skip)
Roll-call entry
Truant's status
Roll-call notation
Playing hooky
Not at roll call.
Away
Away.
Not at school
Away at roll-call.
Preoccupied.
Nonattendant.
Lacking.
Not attentive.
Nonexistent.
AWOL.
Part of A.W.O.L.
Missing.
Inattentive to what is passing.
Daydreamy
Not here
Part of AWOL.
Not in class
Like a classless individual?
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