absenteenoun [ C ]
uk/ˌæb.sənˈtiː/us/ˌæb.sənˈtiː/someone who is not at school or work when they should be:
There are several absentees from school this week, because a lot of people have flu.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Absent
- absence
- absent
- AWOL
- be conspicuous by your absence idiom
- conspicuous
- go AWOL idiom
- in absentia
- lacuna
- miss
- missing
- missing person
- no-show
- nowhere
- nowhere to be found idiom
- out
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Not going to school
absenteeism
noun [ U ] uk/ˌæb.sənˈtiː.ɪ.zəm/us/ˌæb.sənˈtiː.ɪ.zəm/
The high rate of absenteeism is costing the company a lot of money.