Related Words for near miss

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miss
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Name
mishap
/x
Noun
oops
/
Noun
mistaking
x/x
Verb
hazards
/x
Noun
miscarriage
x/x
Noun
miscalculation
x/x/x
Noun
slip
/
Noun
misstep
x/
Noun
misapprehension
xxx/x
Noun
correction
x/x
Noun
misreading
x/x
Noun
misperception
xx/x
Noun
misalignment
xx/x
Noun
a
x
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
about
x/
Adverb, Adjective
ache
/
Noun, Verb
adjacent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
adjoining
x/x
Adjective
ago
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
ahead
x/
Adverb
akin
x/
Adjective, Noun
all but
//
Phrase, Adverb
almost
/x
Adverb, Noun
along
x/
Adverb
alongside
x//
Adverb
america
x/xx
Name
amy
/x
Name
annoy
x/
Verb, Noun
anything
/xx
Noun, Adverb
approaches
x/x
Noun
approximate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
arid
/x
Adjective
around
x/
Adverb, Adjective
artificial
xx/x
Adjective
astray
x/
Adverb
attend
x/
Verb
attend to
x//
Phrase, Verb
avoidance
x/x
Noun
baby
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
ball
/
Noun, Verb
belle
/
Name
beside
x/
Adverb
betty
/x
Name, Verb
billy
/x
Name
bimbo
/x
Noun
bird
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bother
/x
Verb, Noun
boyfriend
/x
Noun
breach
/
Noun, Verb
brief
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
bummer
/x
Noun
can
/
Verb, Noun
carefully
/xx
Adverb
catch
/
Verb, Noun
cheap
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
cheerless
/x
Adjective
chick
/
Noun, Verb
choy
/
Noun
chummy
/x
Adjective, Noun
cinderella
xx/x
Name
circa
/x
Noun
close
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
colder
/x
Adjective, Noun
colleen
x/
Name
come on
//
Phrase, Verb
coming
/x
Noun, Adjective
con
/
Noun, Verb
contiguous
x/xx
Adjective
councillors
/xx
Noun
crowd
/
Noun, Verb
cry
/
Noun, Verb
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
daisy
/x
Name
dame
/
Noun, Verb
damsel
/x
Noun
darling
/x
Noun, Adjective
dear
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
deceive
x/
Verb
direct
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
distant
/x
Adjective
doll
/
Noun
draw near
//
Phrase, Verb
drop
/
Noun, Verb
dud
/
Noun, Adjective
early
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
east
/
Name, Adjective, Adverb
edge in
/x
Phrase, Verb
elizabeth
x/xx
Name
erin
/x
Name
errors
/x
Noun
escape
x/
Verb, Noun
estimated
/xxx
Verb
exclude
x/
Verb
fail
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
failure
/x
Noun
familiar
x/x
Adjective, Noun
fanny
/x
Name
far
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
feature
/x
Noun, Verb
fence
/
Noun, Verb
flapper
/x
Noun
floor
/
Noun, Verb
fly
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
foreseeable
x/xx
Adjective
forget
x/
Verb, Noun
forthcoming
//x
Adjective, Noun
frau
/
Name
fraulein
/x
Name
fräulein
x/
Name
gal
/
Noun
galbraith
/x
Name
gibson girl
/x/
Name, Name
girl
/
Noun, Verb
glorious
/xx
Adjective
good
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
hard
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
have
/
Verb, Noun
heather
/x
Noun, Adjective
heavy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
hereabouts
/xx
Adverb
historian
x/xx
Noun
hit
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
honourable
/xxx
Adjective, Name
horses
/x
Noun
hot
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
hwan
/
Name
ignorant
/xx
Adjective, Noun
ignore
x/
Verb
ilex
/x
Noun
immediate
x/xx
Adjective
imminence
/xx
Noun
imminent
/xx
Adjective
impending
x/x
Adjective, Noun
impinge on
x//
Phrase, Verb
indoors
/x
Noun, Adverb
insufficient
xx/x
Adjective
jane
/
Name
jeune fille
//
Phrase, Noun
jump
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb, Adjective
just about
/x/
Phrase, Adverb
kate
/
Name
kiss
/
Noun, Verb
lacks
/
Noun
lady
/x
Noun, Verb
languish
/x
Verb
lass
/
Noun
lassie
/x
Noun
last
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
lawmakers
/xx
Noun
leave out
//
Phrase, Verb
left
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
leighton
/x
Name
ling
/
Noun
little
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
located
/xx
Adjective
lonely
/x
Adjective
long
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
looms
/
Verb, Noun
lose
/
Verb, Noun
loser
/x
Noun
lower
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
lying
/x
Noun, Adjective
madam
/x
Noun, Verb
madame
/x
Name
mademoiselle
xxx/
Noun, Verb
maid
/
Noun
maiden
/x
Noun, Adjective
marge
/
Name
marion
/xx
Name
martha
/x
Name
mary
/x
Name
meadows
/x
Noun
members
/x
Noun
mesa
/x
Noun
middle
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
milady
x/x
Noun, Verb
miles
/
Noun, Adverb
min
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
minimal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
minimum
/xx
Noun, Adjective
misdemeanours
xx/x
Noun
mississippi
xx/x
Name
missus
/x
Noun
missy
/x
Noun, Adjective