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absentadjective not at a certain placethree students were absent because of the flu away, missing, out AWOL, truantdeparted, gone, retiredabroad, vacationing here, in, present accompanying, attending, participating not present or in evidencethe city's usual stir of activity was conspicuously absent due to the report of an escaped lion from the zoo lacking, missing, nonexistent, wanting dead, departed, extinct, lost, perished, vanisheddefunct, done, expired, finished, lapsed, obsolete, over, passéinadequate, insufficient, rare, scarce, sparse, uncommon existent, present active, alive, animate, living, thrivingcurrent, going, prevailing, uncanceledcommon, prevalentapparent, conspicuous, evident, obvious, plain lost in thought and unaware of one's surroundings or actionsseemed absent when I told him you were coming because he nodded but didn't say anything absentminded, abstracted, distracted, preoccupied absorbed, daydreaming, dreaming, dreamy, engrossed, faraway, intent, pensive, raptheedless, inattentive, insensible, oblivious, unaware, unconscious, unheeding, unknowing, unmindful, unperceptive, unthinking, unwary, unwitting, vacantbefogged, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, birdbrained, clueless, confused, dazed, flighty, foggy, forgetful, forgetting, hazy, muddled, scatterbrained, unfocused(also unfocussed) alert alive, attentive, aware, conscious, engaged, heads-up, heedful, mindful, observant, observing, open-eyed, sharp, vigilant, wary, watchful, wide-awakeclearheaded absentprepositionnot havingabsent a significant source of investment funds, the fledgling company continues to struggle minus, sans, wanting, without adj.abstracted, preoccupied, absent, absentminded, distracted mean inattentive to what claims or demands consideration.abstracted implies absorption of the mind in something other than one's surroundings, and often suggests reflection on weighty matters.walking about with an abstracted air preoccupied often implies having one's attention so taken up by thoughts as to neglect others.too preoccupied with her debts to enjoy the meal absent stresses inability to fix the mind on present concerns due more to mental wandering than to concentration on other matters.an absent stare absentminded implies that the mind is fixed elsewhere and often refers to a habit of abstractedness.so absentminded, he's been known to wear mismatched shoes distracted may suggest an inability to concentrate caused by worry, sorrow, or anxiety.was too distracted by grief to continue working in the 14th century |