One who is absent from school without permission.

synoniem: hooky player.

Roget 187: absence; inexistence etc. 2^†; nonresidence, absenteeism; nonattendance, alibi.    emptiness etc. adj.; void, vacuum; vacuity, vacancy; tabula rasa [Lat.]; exemption; hiatus etc. (interval) 198; lipotype^†.    truant, absentee.    nobody; nobody present, nobody on earth; not a soul; ame qui vive [Fr.].    ... meer laten zien

Roget 941: knave, rogue; Scapin^†, rascal; Lazarillo de Tormes; bad man etc. 949; blackguard etc. 949; barrater^†, barrator^†; shyster [U.S.].    traitor, betrayer, archtraitor^†, conspirator, Judas, Catiline; reptile, serpent, snake in the grass, wolf in sheep's clothing, sneak, Jerry Sneak, squealer [Slang], tell-tale, mischief-maker; trimmer, fence-sitter, renegade etc. (tergiversation) 607; truant, recreant; sycophant etc. (servility) 886.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 623: abstention, abstinence; for bearance^†; refraining etc. v.; inaction etc. 681; neutrality.    avoidance, evasion, elusion; seclusion etc. 893.    avolation^†, flight; escape etc. 671; retreat etc. 287; recoil etc. 277; departure etc. 293; rejection etc. 610.    shirker etc. v.; truant; fugitive, refugee; runaway, runagate; maroon.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 683: inactivity; inaction etc. 681; inertness etc. 172; obstinacy etc. 606.    lull etc. (cessation) 142; quiescence etc. 265; rust, rustiness.    idleness, remissness etc. adj.; sloth, indolence, indiligence^†; dawdling etc. v.. ergophobia^†, otiosity^†.    dullness etc. adj.; languor; segnity^†, segnitude^†; lentor^†; sluggishness etc. (slowness) 275; procrastination etc. (delay) 133; torpor, torpidity, torpescence^†; stupor etc. (insensibility) 823; somnolence; drowsiness etc. adj.; nodding etc. v.; oscitation^†, oscitancy^†; pandiculation^†, hypnotism, lethargy; statuvolence heaviness^†, heavy eyelids.    sleep, slumber; sound sleep, heavy sleep, balmy sleep; Morpheus; Somnus; coma, trance, ecstasis^†, dream, hibernation, nap, doze, snooze, siesta, wink of sleep, forty winks, snore; hypnology^†.    dull work; pottering; relaxation etc. (loosening) 47; Castle of Indolence.    [Cause of inactivity] lullaby, sedative, tranquilizer, hypnotic, sleeping pill, relaxant, anaesthetic, general anaesthetic etc. 174; torpedo.    [person who is inactive] idler, drone, droil^†, dawdle, mopus^†; do-little faineant [Fr.], dummy, sleeping partner; afternoon farmer; truant etc. (runaway) 623; bummer^†, loafer, goldbrick, goldbicker, lounger, lazzarone [It]; lubber, lubbard^†; slow coach etc. (slow.) 275; opium eater, lotus eater; slug; lag^†, sluggard, slugabed; slumberer, dormouse, marmot; waiter on Providence, fruges consumere natus [Lat.].    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: spijbelaar
Pools: wagarowicz

Someone who shirks duty.

synoniemen: no-show, nonattender.

Nederlands: spijbelaar

Absent without permission:
— Truant schoolboys.

synoniem: awol.