Absent
Absent adjective - Lost in thought and unaware of one's surroundings or actions.
Usage example: seemed absent when I told him you were coming because he nodded but didn't say anything
Forgetting and absent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Forgetting" instead an adjective "Absent".
Forgetting
Absent and forgetting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Absent" instead an adjective "Forgetting".
Nearby Words: forget, forgettable
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- leave and absent
- leave and forgetting
- absorbed and absent
- absorbed and forgetting
- heedless and absent
- heedless and forgetting
- careless and absent
- careless and forgetting
- negligent and absent
- negligent and forgetting
- gone and absent
- gone and forgetting
- unconscious and absent
- unconscious and forgetting
Both words in one sentence
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He's extremely absent-minded, forgetting things on a regular basis.
Source: Absent-Minded Professor -
Absent-Minded Professor: Marcellus Pye, especially in Queste, for example by constantly forgetting the reason for Septimuss visits.
Source: Literature / Septimus Heap -
To begin with he's presented like a comic absent-minded professor, taking the wrong train to a lecture and then forgetting his luggage, all of which is presented as being (and is) highly amusing.
Source: Literature / Pnin
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