Antonyms for absent
ˈæb sənt; æbˈsɛnt, ˈæb səntab·sent

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1. absent

   As regards mental action, absorbed, abstracted, and preoccupied refer to the cause, absent or absent-minded to the effect. The man absorbed in one thing will appear absent in others. A preoccupied person may seem listless and thoughtless, but the really listless and thoughtless have not mental energy to be preoccupied. The absent-minded man is oblivious of ordinary matters, because his thoughts are elsewhere. One who is preoccupied is intensely busy in thought; one may be absent-minded either through intense concentration or simply through inattention, with fitful and aimless wandering of thought. Compare ABSTRACT.

   Antonyms:
   alert, attentive, on hand, prompt, ready, thoughtful, wide-awake

   Synonyms:
   absent-minded, absorbed, abstracted, heedless, inattentive, indifferent, listless, negligent, oblivious, preoccupied, thoughtless

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1. absentadjective

   Antonyms:
   present, in this place, here, attentive

   Synonyms:
   not present, gone away, elsewhere, inattentive, thoughtless, listless, preoccupied

2. absent

   Antonyms:
   be present, stay, remain

   Synonyms:
   keep away, depart, withdraw

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. absentadjective

   not being in a specified place

   Antonyms:
   omnipresent, present, existing, existent, here(p), ever-present, attentive, attendant, naturally occurring, ubiquitous

   Synonyms:
   absentminded, wanting, scatty, lacking, abstracted, missing

2. lacking, absent, missing, wantingadjective

   nonexistent

   "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was lacking"

   Antonyms:
   omnipresent, here(p), attentive, existing, existent, attendant, ever-present, naturally occurring, ubiquitous, present

   Synonyms:
   abstracted, scatty, lacking(p), wanting, lacking, wanting(p), absentminded, deficient, missing

3. absent, absentminded, abstracted, scattyverb

   lost in thought; showing preoccupation

   "an absent stare"; "an absentminded professor"; "the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence"

   Antonyms:
   present, ubiquitous, here(p), ever-present, existent, omnipresent, naturally occurring, attendant, existing, attentive

   Synonyms:
   abstracted, wanting, rattlepated, lacking, absentminded, missing, scatty, scatterbrained, rattlebrained

4. absent, removeverb

   go away or leave

   "He absented himself"

   Antonyms:
   existent, naturally occurring, existing, attentive, here(p), ever-present, omnipresent, attendant, present, ubiquitous

   Synonyms:
   move out, take, slay, transfer, dispatch, get rid of, hit, withdraw, take away, remove, take out, bump off, murder, off, polish off

How to use absent in a sentence?

1. Tim Quinlan:

   Signs of spring remain largely absent in the industrial sector. The challenges of the stronger dollar and drop in energy prices linger.

2. Paul Offit:

   Where's the evidence that somebody over 50 benefits from a fourth dose ? Because the evidence to date appears to support the possibility for those over 65, although I haven't, we haven't, seen all the data, absent that evidence, then there shouldn't be this recommendation.

3. Peter Cecchini:

   We think there will selling of banks over the course of 2016, with corporate credit secondary market liquidity non-existent and with wage growth absent, bank lending standards are likely to tighten, not loosen.

4. Mike Dabbs:

   You will certainly see, absent congressional action, significant litigation as states try to push the envelope on this.

5. Anne Graham Lotz:

   Now, he has left again.This time, he will not be coming back. At least, not until Jesus does, too, while he may be physically absent and his voice silent, I am confident that his message will continue to reverberate throughout the generations to come.

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