Truant - English meaning

Truant – definitions in English dictionary

noun
A pupil who stays away from school without leave or explanation.
Usage examples:
Known truants were staying in school and had been deterred from leaving school grounds.
Synonims:
Absentee Non-attender Skiver Wag

adjective
(of a pupil) being a truant.
Usage examples:
Truant children

verb
Another way of saying play truant below.
Usage examples:
If my daughter had been truanting from school i would have been informed

noun
Someone who is absent from school without permission
Usage examples:
Truancy is a serious problem in many schools.

Truant translation into English

Truant: translate from English into Chinese

逃学, 旷课者, 懒惰鬼, 逃学者

Truant: translate from English into Dutch

Spijbelen, Spijbelaar, Spijbelend, Dwalend

Truant: translate from English into French

Faire l'école buissonnière, Vagabond, Élève absentéiste, Absent, Paresseux, Absent sans autorisation

Truant: translate from English into German

Schulschwänzer, Schwänzer

Truant: translate from English into Hindi

अनुपस्थित रहने, कामचोर,आवारा, बेकार घूमने वाला

Truant: translate from English into Italian

Assenteista, Pigro, Che marina la scuola

Truant: translate from English into Korean

무단 결석자, 게으름뱅이, 무단 결석하는, 무단 결석하다

Truant: translate from English into Russian

Прогульщик, Прогуливать, Лентяй, Ленивый, Праздный, Школьник, прогуливающий уроки

Truant: translate from English into Spanish

Ausente, Novillero, Haragán, Hacer novillos, Vago, Rácano, Gandul, Ausentarse, Desparecido

Word origin

Middle English (denoting a person begging through choice rather than necessity): from Old French, probably ultimately of Celtic origin; compare with Welsh truan, Scottish Gaelic truaghan ‘wre

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Truant – similar words

truanting

verb
Another way of saying play truant below.
Usage examples:
If my daughter had been truanting from school i would have been informed

noun
A pupil who stays away from school without leave or explanation.
Usage examples:
Known truants were staying in school and had been deterred from leaving school grounds.

adjective
(of a pupil) being a truant.
Usage examples:
Truant children

Truanting - all meanings in English

truanted

verb
Another way of saying play truant below.
Usage examples:
If my daughter had been truanting from school i would have been informed

noun
A pupil who stays away from school without leave or explanation.
Usage examples:
Known truants were staying in school and had been deterred from leaving school grounds.

adjective
(of a pupil) being a truant.
Usage examples:
Truant children

Truanted - all meanings in English

Truant synonims

absentee

noun
A person who is expected or required to be present at a place or event but is not.
Usage examples:
An absentee from the match

Absentee - all meanings in English

non-attender

noun
Someone who does not go to a place, especially a place they should go to regularly
Usage examples:
They tackled high levels of truancy by persuading parents of habitual non-attenders to educate thei…

Non-attender - all meanings in English

skiver

noun
A person who is absent from work without permission

Skiver - all meanings in English

wag

verb
(especially with reference to an animal's tail) move or cause to move rapidly to and fro.
Usage examples:
His tail began to wag

noun
A single rapid movement from side to side.
Usage examples:
A chirpy wag of the head

verb
Play truant from (school).
Usage examples:
He began hanging out with bad people and wagging school

Wag - all meanings in English

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