Definition for Absence:

• The being away or not present: want: inattention.

Synonyms for Absence:

• n.

  •
  • need.
  •absence (noun)
  • nonexistence,
  • abstraction,
  • emptiness,
  • petit mal epilepsy,
  • truancy,
  • vacancy,
  • void,
  • vacuity,
  • omission.
  •avoidance (noun)
  • nonappearance.
  •inattention (noun)
  • carelessness,
  • befuddlement,
  • Inobservance,
  • disregardfulness,
  • thoughtlessness,
  • obliviousness,
  • Incuriosity,
  • oversight,
  • dreaminess,
  • lapse,
  • distraction,
  • detachment,
  • lack of interest,
  • aloofness,
  • preoccupation,
  • inadvertence,
  • negligence,
  • indifference,
  • heedlessness,
  • unconcern,
  • absent-mindedness,
  • forgetfulness,
  • apathy,
  • unconsciousness,
  • disinterestedness,
  • disregard,
  • inattention.
  •lack (noun)
  • exiguity.
  •nonexistence (noun)
  • extinction.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • entrant,
  • enroll,
  • zilch,
  • deficit,
  • shortage,
  • poverty,
  • shortfall,
  • graduate,
  • nonattendance,
  • tardy,
  • matriculate,
  • enrollment,
  • loss,
  • Without,
  • bankruptcy,
  • absenteeism,
  • aught,
  • Nihility.
  •
  • here,
  • nil,
  • missing,
  • transfer,
  • nothing,
  • leave,
  • no one,
  • wanting,
  • none,
  • away,
  • null.
  •
  • nix,
  • zero,
  • nothingness,
  • gone,
  • off,
  • nobody.

Paraphrases for Absence:

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    lacks.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    presence.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    absenteeism.

• Independent

  • Preposition or subordinating conjunction
    absent.
  • Adjective
    absent.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Leaves, absent.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    paragraphs, shortage, disappearance, shortcoming, absent, scarcity, existence, inadequacy, insufficiency, inability, paucity, fact, shortfall, interruption, weakness, failing, departure, inaction, deprivation.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    Non-existence.
  • Proper noun, singular
    failure.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    unavailability, non-availability, absentia, Non-existence, omission, dearth, availability, impossibility, Non-appearance, flaw, failure.
  • Verb, base form
    absent.

Antonyms for Absence:

• n.

  • act
    presence.
  • Other antonyms:
    deluge, hoard, quantity, flood, cache, amplitude, plenty, volume, fund, much, superabundance, bounty, surplus, enough, stock, surfeit, supply, oversupply, gobs, pile, stash, fill, sufficiency, excess, overabundance, plentifulness, loads, pool, adequacy, stockpile, plenteousness.

Homophones for Absence:

• appeasing, apogamous, avicenniaceae, apogamic, apocynaceae, abiogenesis, apocynaceous.

Holonyms for Absence:

• n.

  • state
    Epilepsia Minor, petit mal, petit mal epilepsy.

Hypernym for Absence:

• n.

  • act
    absenteeism, cut, default.
  • state
    complex absence, subclinical absence, pure absence, awayness, simple absence, nonoccurrence.

Hyponym for Absence:

• n.

  • act
    nonattendance.
  • state
    ictus, want, raptus, deficiency, seizure, lack.
  • time
    time interval, interval.