PASSIM Synonyms: 12 Similar and Opposite Words

passim

adverb

ˈpa-səm

Definition of passim

as in everywhere

in one place and another the book belonged to my father, and his trenchant comments are found passim—both in the margins and between the lines of text

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nowhere

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But in his first flush of success in the late 1960s and early 1970s, his murallike tableaus of flowers, the cosmos and cartoonish figures -- all in vivid colors like turquoise, orange and neon green -- seemed to be everywhere.

— BETH J. HARPAZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026
Temperatures peak at 90 degrees in Orlando and Leesburg, while being in the high 80s everywhere else.

— Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of everywhere

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The Spanish players looked sharper and faster throughout, with turnovers again an issue for Germany after the hosts had 25 in their semifinal defeat to France on Saturday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2026
No film could be more heartbreaking, yet there are touches of humor throughout.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026

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