1. truant - Noun
2. truant - Adjective
3. truant - Verb
4. truant - Adjective Satellite
One who stays away from business or any duty; especially, one who stays out of school without leave; an idler; a loiterer; a shirk.
Wandering from business or duty; loitering; idle, and shirking duty; as, a truant boy.
To idle away time; to loiter, or wander; to play the truant.
To idle away; to waste.
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the soldier was AWOL for almost a week Source: Internet
He frequently played truant from school and would sneak into theaters because he didn't have enough money for admission. Source: Internet
Assistant Superintendent Hamlet Hernandez said the attendance person makes home visits and phone calls about truant children. Source: Internet
Despite being bright, he regularly played truant from school to go to the cinema and hang around the beach. Source: Internet
The verb mitch is very common in Ireland, indicating being truant from school. Source: Internet