Synonyms for absence
All synonyms
Noun
lack, non-existence, non-appearance, departure, non-attendance, deficiency, absenteeism, negation, defect, privation, destitution, default, want, absentia, inexistence rare, missingness rare
Definitions
- n. 1
A state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Related words
- Word family
- absent absentee absenteeism
- Phrases
- leave of absence absence of mind absence seizure
Forms
- Plural
- absences → lacks, departures, non-attendances, deficiencies…
Example sentences
- lack I had to leave out this problem for lack of space.
- departure He suggested that we should put off our departure.
- deficiency AIDS means "Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome".
By length
- 4 letters
- want1, lack1
- 6 letters
- defect2
- 7 letters
- default2
- 8 letters
- negation3, absentia3
- 9 letters
- departure3, privation3
- 10 letters
- deficiency4
- 11 letters
- absenteeism5, destitution4, inexistence, missingness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (defect2 = 2 syllables).