absent

absent is a 6-letter English word with 9 senses as adjective, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present.
2. adjective. Not existing; lacking; as, the part was rudimental or absent.
3. adjective. Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied; as, an absent air.
4. transitive verb. To take or withdraw (one's self) to such a distance as to prevent intercourse; -- used with the reflexive pronoun.
5. transitive verb. To withhold from being present.
6. verb. go away or leave

   "He absented himself"

   Synonyms: remove

7. adjective. lost in thought; showing preoccupation

   "an absent stare"

   "an absentminded professor"

   Synonyms: absentminded, abstracted, scatty

8. adjective. nonexistent

   "the thumb is absent"

   "her appetite was lacking"

   Synonyms: lacking, missing, wanting

9. adjective. not being in a specified place

Synonyms

remove, absentminded, abstracted, scatty, lacking, missing, wanting

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in absent:

basnet, basten, besant

Common word forms

absents, absented, absenter, absently, absenting, absentment, absentness

Words from these letters

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