Truant Synonyms

tro͝oənt
Lazy
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. idle
  2. shiftless
  3. indolent
To fail to attend on purpose
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. cut
  2. skip
Errant
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. missing
  2. straying
  3. awol
  4. playing hooky
Someone who shirks duty
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. absent
  2. idle
  3. lazy
  4. hooky player
  5. no-show
  6. loafer
  7. missing
  8. neglectful
  9. shirker
  10. slacker
  11. stray
  12. straying
  13. nonattender

Words Related to Truant

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. seek
  2. truancy
  3. play-truant

Truant Sentence Examples

  • Provision is made for truant, dependent, neglected and delinquent children.

  • Since 1850 truant and compulsory attendance laws (the first compulsory education law was passed in 1642) have been enforced in conjunction with laws against child labour.

  • He was not remarkable at school for application to his studies, though his wonderful memory enabled him to make good progress in them; he frequently played truant and was whipped for it, robbed orchards, and indulged in other questionable schoolboy freaks; nor did he always come out of his scrapes with honour and a character for truthfulness.

  • The average age of truant students is 15 years, but some children begin skipping school as young as 10.

  • Some districts consider children truant only if they miss a half or full day of school, while others consider missing a single scheduled class period as truancy.

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