truantnoun
uk/ˈtruː.ənt/us/ˈtruː.ənt/[ C ] a child who is regularly absent from school without permission:
Police reports showed that the vast majority of crime committed by children was carried out by truants.
play truant UK US usually play hooky
to be regularly absent from school without permission:
Most parents are horrified when they discover their children have been playing truant from school.
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Students & pupils
- -grader
- alumna
- alumnus
- attrition
- batchmate
- boarder
- entrant
- frosh
- graduate
- infant
- intern
- internship
- learner
- pupil
- schoolchild
- schoolgirl
- schoolmate
- sixth-former
- sophomore
- theologian
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Not going to school
truantverb [ I ]
uk/ˈtruː.ənt/us/ˈtruː.ənt/UKChildren who truant are regularly absent from school, usually while pretending to their parents that they have gone to school:
You'll fail all your exams if you carry on truanting.
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Not going to school
- absentee
- exclude
- exclusion
- flunk
- flunk out
- gap year
- hooky
- skive
- study holiday
- suspend
- suspension
- truancy
- truant officer
- vac
- vacation