Synonyms of pass

pass 1 of 7

verb (1)

1

as in to hand

to shift possession of (something) from one person to another

could you please pass me the phone?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hand
• reach
• transfer
• give
• buck
• carry
• hand over
• relay
• render
• handle
• deliver
• relinquish
• yield
• bear
• surrender
• give up
• turn over
• release
• finger
• cede
• paw

2

as in to stop

to come to an end

eventually, the storm passed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stop
• end
• expire
• conclude
• halt
• cease
• go
• terminate
• finish
• die
• close
• lapse
• determine
• elapse
• wind up
• stall
• leave off
• discontinue
• break off
• break up
• wink (out)
• let up
• quit
• bite the dust
• dead-end
• refrain (from)
• pause
• lay off (of)
• suspend
• stay
• desist (from)
• cut out
• pack (up or in)
• break down
• give over
• knock off
• wind down
• abate
• peter (out)
• conk (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continue
• persist
• hang on
• extend
• prolong
• draw out
• protract

3

as in to leave

to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another

pass your forms to the department head once they're filled out

Synonyms & Similar Words

• leave
• hand
• give
• transfer
• deliver
• delegate
• transmit
• relinquish
• recommend
• entrust
• commend
• commit
• trust
• grant
• confide
• turn over
• submit
• hand over
• lend
• consign
• loan
• intrust
• vest
• distribute
• assign
• confer
• will
• give over
• divide
• bequeath
• dispense
• repose
• furnish
• deal (out)
• disperse
• supply
• turn in
• yield
• surrender
• release
• advance
• hand in
• hand down
• hand on
• recommit
• retransmit
• redeliver
• retransfer

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hold
• keep
• retain
• receive
• withhold
• possess
• accept
• own
• take
• reserve
• detain
• hold back
• occupy
• take over
• take in

4

as in to enact

to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action

Congress cannot pass any law restricting free speech

Synonyms & Similar Words

• enact
• constitute
• approve
• legislate
• make
• lay down
• dictate
• ordain
• permit
• authorize
• repass
• ratify
• effect
• bring about
• allow
• proclaim
• execute
• sanction
• reenact
• administer
• decree
• confirm

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• revoke
• repeal
• rescind
• kill
• cancel
• invalidate
• abolish
• reverse
• nullify
• void
• annul
• abrogate
• overturn

5

as in to happen

to take place

and the destruction of the town came to pass, just as the seer had predicted

Synonyms & Similar Words

• happen
• come
• be
• do
• occur
• come down
• come about
• cook
• come to pass
• chance
• befall
• come off
• go down
• transpire
• go on
• develop
• hap
• proceed
• rise
• betide
• materialize
• arise
• come up
• result
• intervene
• shape (up)
• break
• follow
• fall out
• spring (up)
• turn out
• crop (up)
• go off

6

as in to undergo

to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it

a presidential candidate who doesn't yet know how it feels to pass the scrutiny of the national press

Synonyms & Similar Words

• undergo
• experience
• have
• endure
• see
• know
• witness
• feel
• suffer
• taste
• sustain
• receive
• encounter
• go through
• meet
• accept
• digest
• assimilate

7

as in to say

to express (a thought or emotion) in words

he'll occasionally pass some insightful comment, but in general he doesn't have much to contribute

Synonyms & Similar Words

• say
• tell
• utter
• talk
• speak
• share
• discuss
• give
• put
• state
• articulate
• bring out
• verbalize
• announce
• vocalize
• publish
• put into words
• shout
• enunciate
• look
• post
• voice
• declare
• get off
• proclaim
• air
• advertise
• whisper
• promulgate
• blurt
• affirm
• sound
• ventilate
• breathe
• assert
• vent
• formulate
• publicize
• word
• mouth
• broadcast
• shoot
• murmur
• phrase
• gasp
• aver
• allege
• bolt
• lip
• avow
• comment
• blaze
• couch
• chirp
• blabber
• spout
• remark
• clothe
• rip (out)
• snarl
• splutter
• formulize
• avouch
• purr
• pipe up (with)
• drawl

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suppress
• stifle

8

as in to refuse

to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to

we appreciate the invitation to the party, but we'll have to pass

I'll pass on the coffee

Synonyms & Similar Words

• refuse
• reject
• ignore
• decline
• avoid
• deny
• pass up
• spurn
• veto
• turn down
• withdraw
• forbid
• dismiss
• throw over
• disapprove
• throw out
• dispute
• deselect
• balk (at)
• repudiate
• negative
• overrule
• nix
• prohibit
• reprobate
• blow off
• scout
• rebuff
• turn one's back on
• disdain
• retract
• revoke
• scorn
• recall
• renounce
• proscribe
• refrain (from)
• take back
• shoot down
• bypass
• stick
• abstain (from)
• forbear
• foreswear
• disclaim
• gainsay
• disavow
• contradict
• detour
• refute
• negate
• recant
• disallow
• forswear
• disagree (with)
• controvert
• disprove
• backtrack
• rebut
• disown
• back down
• unsay
• abjure
• renege
• back off

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• accept
• approve
• agree (to)
• receive
• take
• swallow
• tolerate
• adopt
• welcome
• embrace
• condone
• agree
• select
• choose
• acquiesce
• consent
• countenance
• accede
• assent
• support
• espouse
• handpick

9

as in to fly

to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval

the finished product isn't perfect, but it will pass

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fly
• work
• stand up
• wash
• play
• take
• hold up
• hold water
• pass muster
• get through
• go down
• go over
• go through

pass

2 of 7

noun (1)

1

as in canyon

a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage

a mountain pass that was impassable during the winter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• canyon
• gorge
• ravine
• valley
• gap
• saddle
• defile
• col
• gulch
• notch
• flume
• abyss
• gulf
• crevice
• linn
• gill
• couloir
• cañon
• trench
• kloof
• fissure
• glen
• cleft
• chasm
• vale
• gutter
• crevasse
• wash
• hollow
• basin
• draw
• dale
• cirque
• trough
• combe
• coombe
• dell
• kettle
• coomb
• gulley
• shut-in
• gully
• barranca
• arroyo
• coulee
• wadi
• floodplain
• barranco
• nullah
• cwm

2

as in road

a passage cleared for public vehicular travel

take the second pass on the right

Synonyms & Similar Words

• road
• highway
• street
• route
• freeway
• thoroughfare
• expressway
• drive
• roadway
• boulevard
• way
• arterial
• turnpike
• carriageway
• artery
• avenue
• causeway
• interstate
• row
• lane
• pike
• high road
• drag
• thruway
• trace
• bypass
• motorway
• parkway
• trail
• corridor
• superhighway
• track
• autobahn
• Main Street
• alley
• ring road
• switchback
• through street
• side street
• close
• side road
• byway
• dual carriageway
• branch
• dead end
• high street
• secondary road
• beltway
• crossroad
• circle
• place
• alleyway
• autoroute
• autostrada
• corniche
• shunpike
• bystreet
• mews
• laneway
• cul-de-sac
• backstreet

pass

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noun (2)

1

as in ticket

a small sheet of plastic, paper, or paperboard showing that the bearer has a claim to something (as admittance)

a pass to leave the military base for the weekend

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ticket
• check
• coupon
• certificate
• token
• note
• voucher
• pasteboard

2

as in attempt

an effort to do or accomplish something

a final pass at the assignment

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attempt
• try
• go
• stab
• offer
• bid
• shot
• endeavor
• essay
• trial
• crack
• assay
• fling
• bash
• whack
• whirl
• struggle
• undertaking
• striving
• throes
• trial and error

3

as in realization

the state of being actual or complete

eventually, all their career goals came to pass

Synonyms & Similar Words

• realization
• accomplishment
• achievement
• success
• fulfillment
• fulfilment
• attainment
• fruition
• consummation
• triumph
• actualization
• actuality

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• naught
• defeat
• failure
• nought
• nonfulfillment
• fizzle
• nonsuccess

pass (for)

4 of 7

verb (2)

as in to pretend

to present a false appearance of

in public they pass for being a loving couple, but in reality they are only friends

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pretend
• simulate
• assume
• put on
• make believe
• affect
• act
• feign
• bluff
• profess
• dissemble
• fake
• counterfeit
• pose
• let on
• conceal
• sham
• forge
• play
• imitate
• masquerade
• mask
• camouflage
• disguise
• impersonate
• dissimulate
• playact
• feint
• malinger

pass (on)

5 of 7

verb (3)

as in to die

to stop living

my grandfather passed on at the age of 92

Synonyms & Similar Words

• die
• fall
• pass away
• perish
• buy it
• step out
• check out
• kick in
• depart
• succumb
• snuff it
• expire
• kick off
• end
• pop off
• go
• disappear
• buy the farm
• demise
• exit
• kick the bucket
• bite the dust
• peg out
• part
• give up the ghost
• conk (out)
• fade
• drop
• croak
• decease
• dry up
• flatline
• fail
• consume
• predecease

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• come to
• live
• breathe
• revive
• be
• exist
• linger
• thrive
• flourish
• subsist
• prosper

pass (over)

6 of 7

verb (4)

as in to traverse

to make one's way through, across, or over

passed over two bridges

Synonyms & Similar Words

• traverse
• cross
• follow
• navigate
• walk
• cut (across)
• travel
• proceed (along)
• cover
• track
• course
• transit
• ride
• go
• hike
• peregrinate
• perambulate
• tread
• run
• traipse
• tramp
• crisscross

pass over

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verb (5)

1

as in to ignore

to fail to give proper attention to

you seem to have passed over an important e-mail notice

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ignore
• forget
• disregard
• overlook
• neglect
• miss
• slur (over)
• bypass
• slight
• reject
• shrug off
• omit
• slough (off)
• overpass
• fail
• brush (aside or off)
• sluff (off)
• pooh
• disdain
• scant
• scorn
• skimp
• pooh-pooh

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tend (to)
• attend (to)
• regard
• appreciate
• heed
• mind
• treasure
• prize
• remember
• value
• nurse
• foster
• listen (to)
• cultivate
• cherish
• follow
• watch
• nurture
• notice
• note
• observe
• mark
• pamper
• remark

2

as in to forgive

to dismiss as of little importance

I'd be willing to pass over this latest episode of tardiness if there hadn't been so many before

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ignore
• forgive
• overlook
• explain
• justify
• paper over
• pardon
• shrug off
• excuse
• forgive and forget
• disregard
• gloss (over)
• blink (at)
• wink (at)
• brush (aside or off)
• discount
• remit
• condone
• gloze (over)
• whitewash
• overpass
• close one's eyes to
• rationalize
• exonerate
• vindicate
• acquit
• absolve
• exculpate
• waive
• wave (aside or off)
• clear

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• object (to)
• note
• mark
• mind
• heed

Phrases Containing pass

• come to pass
• pass (for)
• pass (on)
• pass (over)
• pass away
• pass muster
• pass off
• pass out
• pass over
• pass up