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

Every time a front desk misses a call, revenue goes to the practice down the street. — Deepika Bodapati, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Steve Hanke, a professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University, argues the conventional interest-rate story misses the real culprit. — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026

Why the two ingredients are not really rivals The framing of collagen versus hyaluronic acid misses what each is doing. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Meghan Markle never misses an opportunity to pay tribute to Princess Diana. — Valentine Ulgu-Servant, Vanity Fair, 10 Aug. 2026

And when a guy swings and misses and gets thrown out by 10 feet, that’s a bad process. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2026

What the new vision misses The report places heavy emphasis on innovation, commercialization and technology deployment. — H. Christopher Frey, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026

His fastball only sits around 92-93, maybe 94 on a good day, but his funky delivery adds deception and misses bats. — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026

Field goal session Butker made his first five field goals before misses from 37 and 42 yards. — Kansas City Star, 3 Aug. 2026

Noun

Of course, for every Quansah, there are a thousand near-misses. — James Pearce, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026

But Stephanie Watkins-Cruz, director of housing policy for the North Carolina Housing Coalition, said looking at the numbers as simply a return to normal misses how much has changed for homeowners. — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 11 Aug. 2026

After two seasons of flirting and near-misses, the two wound up having a happy ending together in the Christmas special finale. — Alex Ritman, Variety, 11 Aug. 2026

What that framing misses is that the impulse being restrained is not necessarily a moral defect. — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

These lanterns weren’t particularly bright, though, meaning that after-dark collisions and near-misses were common. — Matthew MacConnell, ArsTechnica, 3 Aug. 2026

Reese comes blazing into MetLife out of Ohio State, and Carter, despite more misses than hits in his rookie season, is poised to be a star. — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2026

Accusing investors of not tracking the misses may be uncharitable. — Henrik Landgren, Fortune, 29 July 2026

But, importantly, Tesla and Alphabet marked two high-profile misses, putting pressure on the entire market last week. — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 26 July 2026