Definition: go away or leave
Usage: He absented himself
Similar words: disappear, vanish, go away
Definition: get lost, as without warning or explanation
Usage: He disappeared without a trace
Synonyms: scatty, absent, absentminded, abstracted
Definition: lost in thought; showing preoccupation
Usage: an absent stare; an absentminded professor; the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence
Similar words: inattentive
Definition: showing a lack of attention or care
Usage: inattentive students; an inattentive babysitter
Synonyms: missing, absent, wanting, lacking
Definition: nonexistent
Usage: the thumb is absent; her appetite was lacking
Similar words: nonexistent
Definition: not having existence or being or actuality
Usage: chimeras are nonexistent
Synonyms: absent
Definition: not being in a specified place
Similar words: away
Definition: not present; having left
Usage: he's away right now; you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away
Similar words: introuvable
Definition: impossible to find
Usage: the book is practically introuvable
Definition: absent without permission
Usage: truant schoolboys; the soldier was AWOL for almost a week