AWOL
Dictionary entry overview: What does AWOL mean? • AWOL (noun)
The noun AWOL has 1 sense:
1. one who is away or absent without leave
Familiarity information: AWOL used as a noun is very rare.
• AWOL (adjective)
The adjective AWOL has 2 senses:
1. absent without permission
2. having deserted your post or station without leave
Familiarity information: AWOL used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• AWOL (noun)
Meaning:
One who is away or absent without leave
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("AWOL" is a kind of...):
absentee (one that is absent or not in residence)
• AWOL (adjective)
Meaning:
Absent without permission
Synonyms:
awol; truant
Context examples:
truant schoolboys / the soldier was AWOL for almost a week
Similar:
absent (not in a specified place physically or mentally)
Meaning:
Having deserted your post or station without leave
Similar:
disloyal (deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
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