miss

1 a female person who has not yet reached adulthood a special perfume for the little miss Synonyms of ¹miss filly, lass, lassie, miss, missy, nymph, sheila [Australian & New Zealand]Words Related to ¹miss 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 ¹miss damsel, demoiselle, maid, maiden, missWords Related to ¹miss virgin; deb, debutante, ingenue (or ingénue); bird [chiefly British], chick [slang], chicken, chit, filly, lass, lassie, sheila [Australian & New Zealand], sister; colleen, mademoiselle, senhorita, senorita (or señorita)

something that has failed a television season with far fewer hits than misses Synonyms of ²miss bomb, bummer, bust, catastrophe, clinker, clunker, debacle (also débâcle), disaster, dud, fiasco, fizzle, flop, frost, lemon, loser, miss, shipwreck, turkey, washoutWords Related to ²miss also-ran, disappointment, dog, has-been, near miss; botch, hash, mess, muddle, shambles; nonevent; nonstarterNear Antonyms of ²miss corker, crackerjack (also crackajack), dandy, jim-dandy, phenomenonAntonyms of ²miss blockbuster, hit, smash, success, winner

1 to fail to attend had to miss work for a week because of the flu Synonyms of miss blow off, cut, skipWords Related to miss ignore, neglect, pass overAntonyms of miss attend, show up (for)

2 to fail to understand the true or actual meaning of I think you're missing the point Synonyms of miss misapprehend, misconstrue, misinterpret, misknow, misperceive, misread, misunderstand, mistakeWords Related to miss misconceive, misdeem, misjudge; mishearAntonyms 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, flame out, flop, flunk, fold, founder, fail, strike out, tank, wash outWords Related to miss flounder, struggle; decline, sink, skid, slip, slump, wane; crash, crumble, miscarry, misfire; go under; implode, self-destructNear Antonyms of miss cook, flourish, prosper, thrive; prevail, triumph, winAntonyms of miss click, come off, deliver, go, go over, pan out, succeed, work out