AWOL

adjective

Definition of AWOLnext
as in missing
not present at a mandatory time and place The soldier was AWOL for more than a week. "Where's Ben?" "I'm not sure—he's been AWOL all day."

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for AWOL
  1. missing
  2. gone
  3. truant
  4. absent
  5. out
Adjective
  • There’s no indication that the latest disaster, which has killed more than 600 people and left around 3,000 more missing on both sides of the border, was linked to manmade development.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Approximately 100 Americans remain missing, while five have been rescued, the department said Saturday.
    — Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of missing
Adjective
  • Suddenly, photos, videos, or important documents are just… gone.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 15 May 2026
  • Room by room, the author takes us through the house, now long gone.
    — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2026
Definition of gone
Adjective
  • A lot of kids’ parents don’t have time to sign out their kids, so they would be counted absent instead of truant, Hampton said.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
  • In a late January social media post, district officials said any student participating in a walkout would be considered truant and given an unexcused absence.
    — Emily Donaldson, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Feb. 2026
Definition of truant
Adjective
  • Commissioners Steve Harrelson and Raymond Jarvis were present while Michael White, the chairman, was absent.
    — Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The effort, which had major bipartisan support, was abandoned in favor of vote pairing, an informal arrangement where an absent lawmaker coordinates with an opposing lawmaker who agrees to abstain or withhold their vote.
    — Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of absent
Adjective
  • The out-of-control Cadillac then hit a guardrail, spun around and overturned.
    — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The situation comedy that defined the term aired from 1951-57 on CBS and was an was an out-of-the-box smash.
    — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of out
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“AWOL.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/AWOL. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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