Thesaurus:play truant

Thesaurus:play truant

THESAURUS

play truant

English

Synonyms

• beak (Northern Ireland)

• bob (UK)

• bug out

• bump off (UK, idomatic)

• bunk (UK, India, Pakistan)

• bunk off (UK)

• cut class

• dip (North America)

• ditch (North America)

• dob (Northern Ireland)

• dog    [WS] (Scotland)

• go on the hop (Ireland)

• go on the lang (Ireland)

• go on the mitch (Ireland)

• jig (North America, Australia, New Zealand)

• kid (North America)

• mitch (Ireland)

• pip (North America)

• play hooky (North America)

• play truant

• sag off (idiomatic)

• scull (Jamaica)

• skip (North America)

• skive (UK)

• skive off (UK)

• sluff (North America)

• wag (UK, Australia, New Zealand)

Hypernyms

• shirk    [WS]

See also

• Thesaurus:truancy

Further reading

• “623. avoidance” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “187. absence” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “play truant” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.