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truant
[ troo-uhnt ]
noun
- a student who stays away from school without permission.
- a person who shirks or neglects a duty.
Synonyms: malingerer, loafer, layabout, shirker, idler
adjective
- absent from school without permission.
- neglectful of duty or responsibility; idle.
- of, relating to, or characteristic of a person who neglects a duty, responsibility, or required attendance.
verb (used without object)
- to be neglectful of duty, responsibility, or attendence.
truant
/ ˈtruːənt /
noun
- a person who is absent without leave, esp from school
adjective
- being or relating to a truant
verb
- intr to play truant
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Derived Forms
- ˈtruancy, noun
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Other Words From
- truant·ly adverb
- non·truant noun adjective
- un·truant adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of truant1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of truant1
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Example Sentences
Behind the fantasy dashboard sat Wood, conducting a violent campaign on snares and cymbals, and admiring the ultimate truant.
His schooling began at the age of nine, but the boy played truant so frequently that he was sent to boarding-school in Avignon.
It is only to transact some higher business that even Apollo dare play the truant from Admetus.
As a boy at the Grammar School of his native town, it is to be feared he loved to play truant.
Haply her truant tresses mock Some coronal of shapelier block, To wit, the bounding billy-cock.
At that the truant driver appeared, coming at a trot from down the street.
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