Synonyms and antonyms of Absent, lost and unavailable in British Thesaurus

due (adjective)

if you are due somewhere, you are expected to be there

away (adverb)

not at home, or not at the place where you work or study

low (adjective)

used about supplies of things when a lot has been used

nowhere (adverb)

not in any place, or not to any place

missing (adjective)

if someone or something is missing, they are not where they should be and you do not know where they are

absent (adjective)

not in the place where you should be or are expected to be

lacking (adjective)

if something important or useful is lacking, it does not exist or is not available

missing (adjective)

if something is missing, it is not in its usual place because it has been removed

missing (adjective)

if someone or something is missing, they are not included in something although you would expect them to be there

lost (adjective)

if something is lost, you cannot find it

absent (adjective)

formal missing from a place or situation

absentee (adjective)

not present for a particular job or responsibility

AWOL (adjective)

Britishinformal lost or missing

be conspicuous by your absence ()

if you are conspicuous by your absence, people notice that you are not there

beyond recall ()

impossible to have or experience again

forfeit (adjective)

formal something that is forfeit is taken from you because of something that you have done wrong or have failed to do

from/off the face of the earth ()

used for emphasizing that something does not exist anywhere or cannot be found anywhere

gone (adjective)

someone who is gone is no longer present in a place

gone (adjective)

something that is gone no longer exists or has all been used

in absentia ()

if something happens in absentia, the person involved is not present when it happens

in spirit ()

not physically in a place or situation but thinking about the people who are there and wishing you were there

irrecoverable (adjective)

formal gone or lost and impossible to get back

lean (adjective)

a lean period of time is very difficult to live in because many people lack money or other necessary things

long-awaited (adjective)

a long-awaited event has been expected for a long time

long-lost (adjective)

a long-lost thing is something that has been lost for a long time

lost (adjective)

no longer existing, or no longer likely to exist

make yourself scarce ()

to stay away from a particular place in order to avoid a difficult or embarrassing situation

MIA (adjective)

humorous not able to be found or contacted

misplaced (adjective)

put in the wrong place

non-existent (adjective)

not real, or not present. This word is often used about something that should be present but is not

no place (adverb)

Americaninformal nowhere

nowhere (adverb)

in or to no particular place

off (adjective)

British used for saying that something is not available in a restaurant

off the map ()

completely destroyed, or no longer existing as a country, city, etc

out of hospital/school/college etc ()

used for saying that someone is no longer in hospital/at school etc

spoken for (informal)

informal already owned by someone else or kept for someone else, and therefore not available to you

stray (adjective)

lost, or without a home

tied up (adjective)

if your money is tied up in something, it is being used for that thing and you cannot use it for anything else

unaccounted for (adjective)

missing

unattainable (adjective)

impossible to achieve or obtain

unavailable (adjective)

not able to go somewhere, meet someone, or do something

unavailable (adjective)

impossible to obtain

unobtainable (adjective)

impossible to obtain or achieve