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

3 of 3

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

There were a lot of swings and misses trying to stop Sims on Saturday. — Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026

Three weeks later, two of those deals slip to next quarter, and the company misses its number. — Greg Genung, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026

If Proctor, a former Alabama standout, misses his first NFL game on Sunday he will likely be replaced by Jarrett Kingston, a former USC standout the Dolphins claimed off the waiver wire before the start of the regular season. — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026

If Proctor misses Sunday’s game against the New England Patriots, Jarrett Kingston is likely to step in at left guard. — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026

Even for the game’s best kickers, misses happen from time to time, but the concerning part for the Chiefs is that the funk has become a trend. — Pete Sweeney october 26, Kansas City Star, 26 Oct. 2026

An Uber driver who misses a car payment, for example, could lose the ability to earn income if their vehicle is repossessed. — John Csiszar, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2026

The men the data misses Graham’s research on despair keeps returning to people the standard statistics barely capture. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026

For most apparel programs, the savings disappear fast if the factory misses a set date or quality falls apart. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026

Noun

Totally changes your perception of the top- and bottom-line misses . — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2026

The misses stifled what little momentum Kansas City had, contributing to the club’s controversial decision Wednesday to sign veteran Justin Tucker to the practice squad. — Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026

Butker has struggled this season, making just 11 of 16 field-goal attempts, with four of his misses coming over his last four games. — Ryan Canfield Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Between the lack of development of the offensive line, and picking Harvard quarterback Jaden Craig out of the transfer portal, there are significant personnel misses. — Mac Engel october 28, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2026

The kicking revolution that took over the NFL last season after a change in the kicking ball has abated early this season with the most misses at this point in a season in five years. — ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026

The Valkyries also crashed the offensive boards, rebounding their own misses to give themselves more chances to score. — Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026

These findings suggest formal verification could help uncover defects that routine testing misses. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026

Read on for a look at the taskbar features a previous head of Windows misses, the lowdown on Windows 11’s new Photos experience, and why the latest OS security updates are more important than ever. — Chris Hoffman, PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2026