Synonyms of truant

truant 1 of 2

adjective

as in absent

not present at a mandatory time and place

Her son was suspended after being truant from school a number of times.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• absent
• AWOL
• retired
• away
• out
• missing
• departed
• abroad
• gone
• vacationing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• attending
• participating
• present
• here
• accompanying
• in

truant

2 of 2

verb

as in to lazy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lazy
• idle
• malinger
• bum
• furlough
• dawdle
• goldbrick
• laze
• hang (around or out)
• fool
• hack (around)
• monkey
• lounge
• trifle
• goof (off)
• drone
• kick back
• mess
• loaf
• loiter
• veg out
• fiddle (around)
• muck
• piddle
• hang about
• loll
• dillydally
• chill
• dally
• potter (around)
• footle
• putter (around)
• play
• estivate
• doze
• lag
• linger
• hibernate
• saunter
• kick around
• stroll
• swan
• tarry
• aestivate
• rest
• mosey
• amble
• feign
• poke
• relax
• deceive
• fake

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slave
• work
• toil
• plod
• labor
• grind
• hustle
• plow
• sweat
• plug
• drudge
• buckle (down)
• grub
• apply
• peg
• hump
• moil
• travail
• put out
• exert