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Pass

[pʰäːs]

To change place.

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📖 Definitions of "Pass"

verb

1
To change place.
2
To change in state or status
3
To move through time.
4
To be accepted.

🔄 Synonyms of "Pass"

30 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
clearverb	Transparent in colour.
cracknoun	(intransitive) To form cracks.
leadverb	(uncountable) A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
headnoun	(countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
giveverb	(ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
reachverb	(intransitive) To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).
runverb	To move swiftly.
flingverb	A short romantic, oftentimes sexual, relationship.
transcendverb	(transitive) To pass beyond the limits of something.
returnnoun	(intransitive) To come or go back (to a place or person).
fallverb	(heading, intransitive) To be moved downwards.
lapsenoun	A temporary failure; a slip.
topnoun	The highest or uppermost part of something.
extendverb	(transitive) To cause to increase in extent.
whirlnoun	(intransitive) To rotate, revolve, spin or turn rapidly.
surpassverb	(transitive) To go beyond or exceed (something) in an adjudicative or literal sense.
tossverb	To throw with an initial upward direction.
eliminateverb	(transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
communicateverb	(transitive) To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell.
evanesceverb	(intransitive) To disappear into a mist or dissipate in vapor
occurverb	(intransitive) To happen or take place.
handnoun	The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals.
nailnoun	The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.
offerverb	A proposal that has been made.
fadeverb	(intransitive) To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.

↔️ Antonyms of "Pass"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
failverb	(intransitive) To be unsuccessful.
flunkverb	(ambitransitive) Of a student, to fail a class; to not pass.
flush itverb	fail to get a passing grade
bombnoun	An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.
failingnoun	weakness; defect

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Pass"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
go throughverb	(transitive) To examine or scrutinize (a number or series of things).
go byverb	To pass or go past without much interaction.
pass byverb	(intransitive) To travel past without stopping.
pass onverb	(transitive) To convey or communicate.
pass offverb	(intransitive) To happen.
elapseverb	(intransitive, of time) To pass or move by.
go pastverb	To surpass a boundary; to go by a limit.
reachverb	(intransitive) To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).
come aboutverb	(intransitive) To come to pass; to develop; to occur; to take place; to happen; to exist.
returnnoun	(intransitive) To come or go back (to a place or person).
make itverb	To succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, going somewhere, attending an event, arriving in time for something, adding to one's schedule or itinerary, or in getting where one wants to be in one's life or career, which sometimes means becoming or wanting to become successful (succeed in a big way) or famous.
turn oververb	(transitive, business) To generate (a certain amount of money from sales).
slip byverb	(ambitransitive, sometimes figurative) To pass without being noticed or intercepted.
go alongverb	To participate, cooperate, or conform.
flipnoun	A maneuver which rotates an object end over end.
go onverb	(intransitive) To continue an action.
topnoun	The highest or uppermost part of something.
extendverb	(transitive) To cause to increase in extent.
transcendverb	(transitive) To pass beyond the limits of something.
slip awayverb	To leave without being noticed.