truant
adjective
1. absent without permission
- truant schoolboys
Sentences with truant as an adjective:
- He didn't graduate because he was chronically truant and didn't have enough attendances to meet the requirement.
- A truant fly can get in your eye.
noun
1. one who is absent from school without permission
Definition categories: person, absentee
2. someone who shirks duty
Similar word(s): nonattender
verb
1. (intransitive) To play truant.
- the number of schoolchildren known to have truanted
2. (transitive) To idle away; to waste.
3. To idle away time.