Absent

Adjective

not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing ( opposed to present )

absent from class.

lacking; nonexistent

Revenge is absent from his mind.

not attentive; preoccupied; absent-minded

an absent look on his face.

Verb (used with object)

to take or keep (oneself) away

to absent oneself from a meeting.

Preposition

in the absence of; without

Absent some catastrophe, stock-market prices should soon improve.

Antonyms

adjective

attending , existing , present , sufficient

Synonyms

adjective

astray , away , awol , elsewhere , ghost , gone , hooky , missing , nobody home , no-show , removed , vanished , bare , blank , devoid , empty , hollow , lacking , minus , nonexistent , omitted , unavailable , vacant , vacuous , wanting , abstracted , bemused , distrait , faraway , inattentive , preoccupied , out , truant