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miss

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of miss

1 a female person who has not yet reached adulthood
  • a talented young miss who wants to become a writer
Synonyms of miss

filly, girl, lass, lassie, missy, nymph, sheila [Australian & New Zealand]
Words Related to miss

bobby-soxer, junior miss, schoolgirl, subdebutante, teenybopper

gamine, hoyden, pixie (also pixy), romp, snip, tomboy
2 a young unmarried woman
  • you should ask that young miss if she would like to dance
Synonyms of miss

damsel, demoiselle, girl, maid, maiden
Words Related to miss

virgin

deb, debutante, ingenue (or ingénue)

bird [chiefly British], chit, filly, lass, lassie, sheila [Australian & New Zealand], sister

colleen, mademoiselle, senhorita, senorita (or señorita)
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miss

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of miss

something that has failed
  • a television season with far fewer hits than misses
Synonyms of miss

bomb, bummer, bust, catastrophe, clinker, clunker, debacle (also débâcle), disaster, dud, failure, fiasco, fizzle, flop, frost, lemon, loser, shipwreck, turkey, washout
Words Related to miss

also-ran, disappointment, dog, has-been, near miss

botch, hash, mess, muddle, shambles

nonevent

nonstarter
Near Antonyms of miss

corker, crackerjack (also crackajack), dandy, jim-dandy, phenomenon
Antonyms of miss

blockbuster, hit, smash, success, winner

miss

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of miss

1 to fail to attend
  • had to miss work for a week because of the flu
Synonyms of miss

blow off, cut, skip
Words Related to miss

ignore, neglect, pass over
Phrases Synonymous with miss

absent oneself, play hooky
Antonyms of miss

attend, show up (for)
2 to fail to understand the true or actual meaning of
  • I think youʼre missing the point
Synonyms of miss

misapprehend, misconstrue, misinterpret, misknow, misperceive, misread, mistake, misunderstand
Words Related to miss

misconceive, misdeem, misjudge

mishear
Antonyms of miss

appreciate, apprehend, catch, comprehend, conceive, fathom, get, grasp, grok, know, make out, penetrate, perceive, savvy, see, seize, take in, understand
3 to be unsuccessful
  • everyone knows that most of the new television series will miss and be gone before anyone notices
Synonyms of miss

bomb, collapse, crater, fail, flame out, flop, flunk, fold, founder, strike out, tank, wash out
Words Related to miss

flounder, struggle

decline, sink, skid, slip, slump, wane

crash, crumble, miscarry, misfire

go under

implode, self-destruct
Phrases Synonymous with miss

come a cropper, come to grief, come up empty, die on the vine, fall flat, fall on one's face, fall short, lay an egg
Near Antonyms of miss

cook, flourish, prosper, thrive

prevail, triumph, win
Antonyms of miss

click, come off, deliver, go, go over, pan out, succeed, work out

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