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Synonyms and Antonyms of passes
- a mountain pass that was impassable during the winter
abysses, chasms, cirques, clefts, crevasses, crevices, cwms [chiefly British], fissures
combes (also coombes) [British], dales, dells, glens, hollows, shut-ins, vales, valleys
arroyos, barrancas (also barrancos), coulees, draws, gullies (also gulleys), gutters, nullahs, trenches, troughs, wadis, washes [West]
- take the second pass on the right
arterials, arteries, avenues, boulevards, carriageways [British], drags, drives, expressways, freeways, high roads, highways, pike (or pikes), roads, roadways, routes, rows, streets, thoroughfares, thruways, traces, turnpikes, ways
autobahns, autoroutes, autostradas (or autostrade), dual carriageways [chiefly British], interstates, motorways [chiefly British], superhighways
beltways, bypasses, parkways, ring roads [chiefly British]
high streets [British], Main Streets
backstreets, branches, bystreets, byways, crossroads, secondary roads, shunpikes, side roads, side streets
circles, lanes, laneways [British], mews [chiefly British], places
closes [chiefly British], culs-de-sac (also cul-de-sacs), dead ends
Synonyms and Antonyms of passes
- a pass to leave the military base for the weekend
- a final pass at the assignment
- eventually, all their career goals came to pass
naughts (also nought), nonfulfillments
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