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Absent

Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present.

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Away 84% connected

From a place; hence.

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Away 84% connected

From a place; hence.

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Inattentive 84% connected

Not attentive; not fixing the mind on an object; heedless; careless; negligent; regardless; as, an inattentive spectator or hearer; an inattentive ha…

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Inattentive 84% connected

Not attentive; not fixing the mind on an object; heedless; careless; negligent; regardless; as, an inattentive spectator or hearer; an inattentive ha…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Nonexistent 84% connected

Not having existence.

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Nonexistent 84% connected

Not having existence.

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Truant 84% connected

One who stays away from business or any duty; especially, one who stays out of school without leave; an idler; a loiterer; a shirk.

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Truant 84% connected

One who stays away from business or any duty; especially, one who stays out of school without leave; an idler; a loiterer; a shirk.

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Broader term 2

Disappear 76% connected

To cease to appear or to be perceived; to pass from view, gradually or suddenly; to vanish; to be no longer seen; as, darkness disappears at the appr…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Vanish 76% connected

To pass from a visible to an invisible state; to go out of sight; to disappear; to fade; as, vapor vanishes from the sight by being dissipated; a shi…

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Absence 74% connected

A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence.

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Absence 74% connected

A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence.

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Absentee 74% connected

One who absents himself from his country, office, post, or duty; especially, a landholder who lives in another country or district than that where hi…

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Absentee 74% connected

One who absents himself from his country, office, post, or duty; especially, a landholder who lives in another country or district than that where hi…

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Attribute 2

Presence 66% connected

The state of being present, or of being within sight or call, or at hand; -- opposed to absence.

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Presence 66% connected

The state of being present, or of being within sight or call, or at hand; -- opposed to absence.

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Synonym 6

Absentminded 92% connected

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Abstracted 92% connected

of Abstract

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Lacking 92% connected

of Lack

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Missing 92% connected

of Miss

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Remove 92% connected

To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Wanting 92% connected

of Want

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Antonym 2

Present 94% connected

Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent.

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Present 94% connected

Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent.

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