pass - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

success in satisfying a test or requirement

Synonyms

• pass
• passing
• qualifying

More generic

• success

Noun

(sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team

Synonyms

• flip
• pass
• toss

More generic

• throw

More specific

• centering
• snap

Noun

(baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls

Synonyms

• base on balls
• pass
• walk

More generic

• accomplishment
• achievement

Noun

a flight or run by an aircraft over a target

Synonyms

• pass

More generic

• flight
• flying

Noun

(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate

Synonyms

• pass
• passing
• passing game
• passing play

More generic

• football play

More specific

• aerial
• forward pass
• lateral
• lateral pass
• spot pass

Noun

a usually brief attempt

Synonyms

• crack
• fling
• go
• offer
• pass
• whirl

More generic

• attempt
• effort
• endeavor
• endeavour
• try

Noun

a complimentary ticket

Synonyms

• pass

More generic

• ticket

Noun

a permit to enter or leave a military installation

Synonyms

• liberty chit
• pass

More generic

• licence
• license
• permit

Noun

a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions

Synonyms

• laissez passer
• pass

More generic

• permission

More specific

• boarding card
• boarding pass
• hall pass
• ticket-of-leave

Noun

any authorization to pass or go somewhere

Synonyms

• pass
• passport

More generic

• permission

More specific

• safe-conduct
• safeguard

Noun

an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent

Synonyms

• bye
• pass

More generic

• conceding
• concession
• yielding

Noun

one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer)

Synonyms

• pass

More generic

• cycle
• oscillation

Noun

a difficult juncture

Synonyms

• head
• pass
• straits

More generic

• juncture
• occasion

Noun

the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks

Synonyms

• mountain pass
• notch
• pass

More generic

• location

More specific

• col
• defile
• gap
• gorge
• saddle
• saddleback

Related

• chain
• chain of mountains
• mountain chain
• mountain range
• range
• range of mountains

Noun

a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs

Synonyms

• pass
• strait
• straits

More generic

• situation

More specific

• desperate straits
• dire straits

Noun

(military) a written leave of absence

Synonyms

• pass

More generic

• leave
• leave of absence

Verb

eliminate from the body

Synonyms

• egest
• eliminate
• excrete
• pass

More generic

• discharge
• eject
• exhaust
• expel
• release

More specific

• barf
• be sick
• ca-ca
• cast
• cat
• chuck
• crap
• defecate
• disgorge
• empty
• evacuate
• exudate
• exude
• honk
• make
• make water
• micturate
• ooze
• ooze out
• pass water
• pee
• pee-pee
• perspire
• piddle
• piss
• puddle
• puke
• purge
• regorge
• regurgitate
• relieve oneself
• retch
• shit
• sick
• spend a penny
• spew
• spue
• stool
• sudate
• sweat
• take a crap
• take a leak
• take a shit
• throw up
• transude
• upchuck
• urinate
• void
• vomit
• vomit up
• wee
• wee-wee

Verb

come to pass

Synonyms

• come about
• fall out
• go on
• hap
• happen
• occur
• pass
• pass off
• take place

More specific

• anticipate
• arise
• backfire
• backlash
• bechance
• befall
• betide
• break
• chance
• coincide
• come
• come around
• come off
• come up
• concur
• contemporise
• contemporize
• develop
• fall
• give
• go
• go off
• go over
• happen
• intervene
• materialise
• materialize
• proceed
• recoil
• recrudesce
• recur
• repeat
• result
• roll around
• shine
• strike
• supervene
• synchronise
• synchronize
• transpire
• turn out

Verb

pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

Synonyms

• buy the farm
• cash in one's chips
• choke
• conk
• croak
• decease
• die
• drop dead
• exit
• expire
• give-up the ghost
• go
• kick the bucket
• pass
• pass away
• perish
• pop off
• snuff it

More generic

• change state
• turn

More specific

• abort
• asphyxiate
• buy it
• drown
• fall
• famish
• pip out
• predecease
• starve
• stifle
• succumb
• suffocate
• yield

Related

• break
• break down
• conk out
• die
• fail
• give out
• give way
• go
• go bad

Verb

disappear gradually

Synonyms

• blow over
• evanesce
• fade
• fleet
• pass
• pass off

More generic

• disappear
• go away
• vanish

Verb

transmit information

Synonyms

• communicate
• pass
• pass along
• pass on
• put across

More generic

• communicate
• convey
• transmit

More specific

• acknowledge
• ask for
• bespeak
• call for
• carry
• deliver
• get across
• implant
• message
• plant
• put over
• quest
• receipt
• relay
• render
• request
• return
• send a message
• telecommunicate

Verb

grant authorization or clearance for

Synonyms

• authorise
• authorize
• clear
• pass

More generic

• allow
• countenance
• let
• permit

More specific

• O.K.
• approbate
• approve
• certificate
• certify
• commission
• declare
• formalise
• formalize
• licence
• license
• okay
• sanction
• validate

Verb

pass over, across, or through

Synonyms

• draw
• guide
• pass
• run

More specific

• rub
• thread

Also See

• pass around
• pass over

Related

• draw
• lead
• run
• string
• thread

Verb

pass into a specified state or condition

Synonyms

• lapse
• pass
• sink

More generic

• move

Verb

travel past

Synonyms

• overhaul
• overtake
• pass

More generic

• advance
• go on
• march on
• move on
• pass on
• progress

More specific

• clear
• get by
• top

Verb

go across or through

Synonyms

• pass

More generic

• go
• locomote
• move
• travel

Also See

• pass over

More specific

• blunder
• break through
• cover
• crack
• crash
• cross
• cut
• cut across
• cut through
• cycle
• fumble
• get across
• get over
• infiltrate
• lock
• make
• move through
• muscle
• negociate
• negotiate
• overstep
• pass across
• pass over
• pass through
• run
• squeak by
• squeak through
• track
• transgress
• transit
• traverse
• trespass
• work

Verb

move past

Synonyms

• go by
• go past
• pass
• pass by
• surpass
• travel by

More generic

• go
• locomote
• move
• travel

More specific

• fly by
• run by
• skirt
• whisk by
• zip by

Verb

cause to pass

Synonyms

• make pass
• pass

More specific

• cycle
• lead
• pass off
• pass through
• run

Related

• pass

Verb

pass by

Synonyms

• elapse
• glide by
• go along
• go by
• lapse
• pass
• slide by
• slip away
• slip by

More generic

• advance
• go on
• march on
• move on
• pass on
• progress

More specific

• fell
• fly
• vanish

Verb

transfer to another; of rights or property

Synonyms

• pass

More generic

• change

Verb

be inherited by

Synonyms

• devolve
• fall
• pass
• return

More generic

• change hands
• change owners

More specific

• fall
• light

Related

• accrue
• fall

Verb

place into the hands or custody of

Synonyms

• give
• hand
• pass
• pass on
• reach
• turn over

More generic

• transfer

Also See

• pass on

More specific

• commit
• confide
• deal
• deliver
• entrust
• fork out
• fork over
• fork up
• free
• give
• give up
• hand over
• intrust
• leave
• release
• relinquish
• render
• resign
• slip
• sneak
• trust
• turn in

Verb

throw (a ball) to another player

Synonyms

• pass

More generic

• throw

Verb

allow to go without comment or censure

Synonyms

• pass

More generic

• allow
• let
• permit

Verb

make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation

Synonyms

• legislate
• pass

More generic

• enact
• ordain

Verb

go unchallenged; be approved

Synonyms

• clear
• pass

More generic

• bring home the bacon
• come through
• deliver the goods
• succeed
• win

More specific

• clear

Verb

accept or judge as acceptable

Synonyms

• pass

More generic

• evaluate
• judge
• pass judgment

Opposite / Antonyms

• fail

Related

• make it
• pass

Verb

go successfully through a test or a selection process

Synonyms

• make it
• pass

More generic

• bring home the bacon
• come through
• deliver the goods
• succeed
• win

Opposite / Antonyms

• fail

More specific

• ace
• breeze through
• nail
• pass with flying colors
• sail through
• sweep through

Verb

be superior or better than some standard

Synonyms

• exceed
• go past
• overstep
• pass
• top
• transcend

More generic

• excel
• stand out
• surpass

Verb

stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point

Synonyms

• extend
• go
• lead
• pass
• run

More generic

• be

More specific

• come
• go deep
• go far
• radiate
• ray
• underrun

Related

• range
• run

Verb

use up a period of time in a specific way

Synonyms

• pass
• spend

More specific

• do
• get through
• holiday
• overwinter
• serve
• slum
• sojourn
• soldier
• summer
• vacation
• weekend
• while away
• winter

Adjective

of advancing the ball by throwing it

Synonyms

• pass
• passing

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