Word Meaning

truant definition and meaning

n. One who stays away from business or any duty; especially, one who stays out of school without leave; an idler; a loiterer; a shirk.
a. Wandering from business or duty; loitering; idle, and shirking duty; as, a truant boy.
v. i. To idle away time; to loiter, or wander; to play the truant.
v. t. To idle away; to waste.

Crossword clues for truant

- Absentee from school
- Non-attendant
- One absent without permission
- One who skips school
- Pupil playing hooky
- Pupil who skips school
- Runaway
- School wagger