PASS OUT Synonyms: 12 Similar and Opposite Words

pass out

verb

Definition of pass out

as in to faint

to lose consciousness I passed out from the flu

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faint

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Southern Living also noted the presence of Tennessee Fainting Goats, which faint with all the drama of a woman who needs the British seaside.

— Eva Flowe August 18, Charlotte Observer, 18 Aug. 2026
Their children, meanwhile, were euphoric about this ghoulish interruption to their day, although some experienced nausea, and the theater kids, who felt things deeply, wept and fainted, or did their best to faint.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026

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