Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun truant

2 senses of truant

Sense 1
truant, hooky player -- (one who is absent from school without permission)
       => absentee -- (one that is absent or not in residence)

Sense 2
no-show, nonattender, truant -- (someone who shirks duty)
       => wrongdoer, offender -- (a person who transgresses moral or civil law)

Antonyms of adj truant

1 sense of truant

Sense 1
truant, awol -- (absent without permission; "truant schoolboys"; "the soldier was AWOL for almost a week")

INDIRECT (VIA absent) -> present -- (being or existing in a specified place; "the murderer is present in this room"; "present at the wedding"; "present at the creation")

Similarity of adj truant

1 sense of truant

Sense 1
truant, awol -- (absent without permission; "truant schoolboys"; "the soldier was AWOL for almost a week")
       => absent (vs. present) -- (not being in a specified place)