absent

/æbsənt/ verbadjective

6 letters2 syllables8 points in Scrabble®10 points in WWF®

DEFINITIONS4

VERB

1

Go away or leave.

“He absented himself”

ADJECTIVE

1

Nonexistent.

“the thumb is absent”

2

Lost in thought; showing preoccupation.

“an absent stare”

“an absentminded professor”

3

Not being in a specified place.

WORD FORMS

Related formabsence

Related formabsentee

GAME SCORES

Scrabble®8 points

Words With Friends®10 points

Double word16 points

Triple word24 points

GOOD TO KNOW

Pig Latinabsentway

Starts & ends withA … T

Syllablesab · sent

SYNONYMS & RELATED16

remove absence absentee lacking missing wanting nonexistent absentminded abstracted scatty inattentive truant away awol introuvable present

SAME LETTERS, DIFFERENT WORDS

basnet8 besant8

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