Synonyms of misses

misses 1 of 3

verb

present tense third-person singular of miss

1

as in skips

to fail to attend

had to miss work for a week because of the flu

Synonyms & Similar Words

• skips
• ignores
• blows off
• neglects
• cuts
• plays hooky
• passes over
• absents oneself

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• attends
• shows up (for)

2

as in misunderstands

to fail to understand the true or actual meaning of

I think you're missing the point

Synonyms & Similar Words

• misunderstands
• misreads
• misconstrues
• misinterprets
• misapprehends
• mistakes
• misperceives
• misjudges
• misknows
• misconceives
• misdeems
• mishears

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• knows
• sees
• gets
• understands
• catches
• appreciates
• perceives
• penetrates
• seizes
• grasps
• comprehends
• conceives
• apprehends
• makes out
• takes in
• groks
• savvies
• fathoms

3

as in fails

to be unsuccessful

everyone knows that most of the new television series will miss and be gone before anyone notices

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fails
• collapses
• flops
• struggles
• bombs
• folds
• flunks
• strikes out
• tanks
• flames out
• falls short
• comes to grief
• lays an egg
• founders
• declines
• comes up empty
• falls flat
• washes out
• comes a cropper
• craters
• crashes
• dies on the vine
• slips
• flounders
• slumps
• crumbles
• skids
• falls on one's face
• wanes
• misfires
• sinks
• miscarries
• implodes
• goes under
• self-destructs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• succeeds
• goes
• delivers
• works out
• clicks
• goes over
• comes off
• thrives
• flourishes
• wins
• cooks
• prevails
• pans out
• prospers
• triumphs

misses

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noun (1)

plural of miss

1

as in girls

a female person who has not yet reached adulthood

a talented young miss who wants to become a writer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• girls
• missies
• fillies
• lasses
• junior misses
• lassies
• sheilas
• nymphs
• romps
• teenyboppers
• bobby-soxers
• pixies
• hoydens
• schoolgirls
• snips
• subdebutantes
• tomboys
• gamines

2

as in maidens

a young unmarried woman

you should ask that young miss if she would like to dance

Synonyms & Similar Words

• girls
• maidens
• maids
• demoiselles
• damsels
• sisters
• virgins
• debutantes
• birds
• fillies
• debs
• chits
• lasses
• colleens
• ingenues
• senhoritas
• lassies
• sheilas
• senoritas
• mademoiselles

misses

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noun (2)

plural of miss

as in disasters

something that has failed

a television season with far fewer hits than misses

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disasters
• failures
• disappointments
• bombs
• losers
• flops
• busts
• catastrophes
• frosts
• shipwrecks
• lemons
• washouts
• duds
• fiascoes
• messes
• clinkers
• debacles
• fizzles
• clunkers
• turkeys
• bummers
• dogs
• botches
• near misses
• muddles
• shambles
• hashes
• nonevents
• has-beens
• also-rans
• nonstarters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hits
• successes
• winners
• smashes
• blockbusters
• phenomena
• corkers
• dandies
• crackerjacks
• jim-dandies

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of misses

Verb

To this day, the Arab world especially misses its diverse Christian and Jewish populations, unique to every city. —Doris Bittar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026

This time, Alisson misses both legs. —Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026

In a Fortune feature, my colleague Jeremy Kahn, Fortune’s AI editor, argues that this framing misses the larger pattern. —Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2026

That kind of dismissal misses something important about the project that Waters is pursuing. —Emma Green, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026

Calorie counting alone misses a critical part of the metabolic picture. —Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 6 Apr. 2026

The Vanderbilt product confounded Reds batters, inducing 18 swings and misses while only giving up one run and four hits in five innings with nine strikeouts. —Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Apr. 2026

Former Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts singled to right with two outs in the inning, only to be gunned down at second by Wilyer Abreu, who’s coming off back-to-back Gold Glove seasons and whose cannon arm rarely misses the mark. —Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2026

However, focusing on fluctuations in the spot market misses the bigger picture. —Jeff Marks, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2026

Noun

The ghosts of Georgia Democratic near-misses still loom large — including Abrams’ back-to-back losses in 2018 and 2022 despite enormous fundraising hauls and near-universal name recognition. —Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 12 Apr. 2026

Ty Gibbs, 23, moved to the Cup series the next year and had multiple near-misses (runner-up finishes at Darlington in 2024 and Chicago last year) before reaching victory lane in his fourth season. —ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026

No, his misses aren’t standing out. —Fred Katz, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026

Then, the Pirates pulled away in a five-run eighth inning by taking advantage of some misses by reliever Adrian Morejón to poke some hits to places where fielders weren’t. —Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026

Boomer went 11-for-15 on field goals last season, with all four misses coming in the 40-49-yard range. —Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 8 Apr. 2026

Glasnow’s curveball was particularly effective, getting eight of his 12 swings-and-misses. —Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2026

Padres starter Michael King racked up 12 swing-and-misses in 5 2/3 innings, including three straight whiffs by Trevor Story, which left Rafaela stranded on second at the end of the third inning. —Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 3 Apr. 2026

Sasaki also reined in his misses, used both sides of the plate, and effectively deployed his new cutter as a put-away pitch early. —Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026