ZebraWords.com - The Definition of 'Truant', Synonyms of 'Truant' & More on 'Truant'

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

AWOL, Bowery bum, absent, absent without leave, absentee, beachcomber, beggar, beggarly fellow, blighter, budmash, bum, bummer, caitiff, clock watcher, delinquent, derelict, devil, dodger, drifter, drunkard, eye-servant, goldbrick, goldbricker, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, hobo, human wreck, idler, loafer, loafing, lowlife, malingerer, malingering, mauvais sujet, mean wretch, mucker, no-good, old soldier, pauvre diable, pilgarlic, poor creature, poor devil, runaway, sad case, sad sack, shirk, shirker, shirking, skid-row bum, skulk, skulker, slacker, soldier, stiff, sundowner, swagman, tax dodger, tramp, vag, vagabond, vagrant, vaurien, wastrel, welsher, worthless fellow, wretch

Dictionary Results for truant:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

truant
    adj 1: absent without permission; "truant schoolboys"; "the
           soldier was AWOL for almost a week" [syn: truant,
           awol]
    n 1: one who is absent from school without permission [syn:
         truant, hooky player]
    2: someone who shirks duty [syn: no-show, nonattender,
       truant]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Truant \Tru"ant\, n. [F. truand, OF. truant, a vagrant, beggar;
   of Celtic origin; cf. W. tru, truan, wretched, miserable,
   truan a wretch, Ir. trogha miserable, Gael. truaghan a poor,
   distressed, or wretched creature, truagh wretched.]
   One who stays away from business or any duty; especially, one
   who stays out of school without leave; an idler; a loiterer;
   a shirk. --Dryden.
   [1913 Webster]

         I have a truant been to chivalry.        --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]

   To play truant, to stray away; to loiter; especially, to
      stay out of school without leave. --Sir T. Browne
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Truant \Tru"ant\, a.
   Wandering from business or duty; loitering; idle, and
   shirking duty; as, a truant boy.
   [1913 Webster]

         While truant Jove, in infant pride,
         Played barefoot on Olympus' side.        --Trumbull.
   [1913 Webster]

4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Truant \Tru"ant\, v. i. [Cf. F. truander.]
   To idle away time; to loiter, or wander; to play the truant.
   --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]

         By this means they lost their time and truanted on the
         fundamental grounds of saving knowledge. --Lowell.
   [1913 Webster]

5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Truant \Tru"ant\, v. t.
   To idle away; to waste. [R.]
   [1913 Webster]

         I dare not be the author
         Of truanting the time.                   --Ford.
   [1913 Webster]

Common Misspellings >