Synonyms of passing

passing 1 of 4

adjective

as in flash

lasting only for a short time

his parents were willing to buy him a piano if he demonstrated that his interest in music was more than a passing fancy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flash
• brief
• temporary
• transient
• short
• fleeting
• momentary
• transitory
• ephemeral
• little
• evanescent
• deciduous
• short-lived
• fugitive
• fugacious
• acting
• impermanent
• interim
• short-term
• provisional
• shortish

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• permanent
• lasting
• enduring
• eternal
• endless
• unending
• immortal
• everlasting
• perpetual
• timeless
• undying
• ceaseless
• deathless
• lifelong
• persistent
• continuing
• durable
• long-lived
• dateless
• indestructible
• imperishable
• indefectible

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• permanent
• lasting
• enduring
• eternal
• endless
• unending
• immortal
• everlasting
• perpetual
• timeless
• undying
• ceaseless
• deathless
• lifelong
• persistent
• continuing
• durable
• long-lived
• dateless
• indestructible
• imperishable
• indefectible

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passing

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noun

as in death

the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities

the precise moment of his passing was recorded by the machines at his bedside

Synonyms & Similar Words

• death
• demise
• fate
• doom
• passage
• dissolution
• exit
• expiration
• end
• grave
• decease
• sleep
• curtains
• expiry
• suicide
• great divide
• destruction
• quietus
• assassination
• fatality
• ending
• execution
• casualty
• killing
• martyrdom
• annihilation
• slaughter
• massacre
• extermination
• ruin
• self-destruction
• self-slaughter
• self-murder

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• birth
• life
• existence
• creation
• rise
• nativity
• genesis
• origination

• birth
• life
• existence
• creation
• rise
• nativity
• genesis
• origination

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passing

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adverb

as in very

to a great degree

a passing strange turn of events

Synonyms & Similar Words

• very
• extremely
• incredibly
• damn
• terribly
• too
• damned
• so
• highly
• badly
• far
• desperately
• that
• really
• severely
• full
• especially
• seriously
• greatly
• such
• exceeding
• most
• real
• jolly
• much
• super
• wildly
• heavily
• particularly
• extra
• way
• roaring
• intensely
• cracking
• good and
• mighty
• rattling
• specially
• exceptionally
• thumping
• awful
• fiercely
• whacking
• immensely
• deadly
• exceedingly
• bone
• wicked
• awfully
• absolutely
• monstrous
• vitally
• hugely
• corking
• almighty
• dang
• sore
• fantastically
• enormously
• uncommonly
• sorely
• a lot
• totally
• ever
• surpassingly
• fabulously
• supremely
• remarkably
• completely
• frightfully
• achingly
• stinking
• thoroughly
• mortally
• utterly
• positively
• spanking
• deeply
• eminently
• vastly
• filthy
• significantly
• entirely
• right
• beastly
• archly
• mightily
• colossally
• majorly
• roaringly
• as all get-out
• considerably
• noticeably
• blisteringly
• visibly
• wholly
• unco
• notably
• substantially
• fully
• purely
• obviously
• profoundly
• downright
• flat-out
• radically
• extensively
• altogether
• markedly
• appreciably
• palpably
• discernibly
• excessively
• plainly
• obscenely
• grandly
• monumentally
• astronomically
• abundantly
• astonishingly
• plentifully
• overmuch
• monstrously
• amazingly
• staggeringly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• little
• somewhat
• slightly
• nominally
• just
• negligibly
• barely
• scarcely
• hardly
• marginally
• minimally
• meagerly
• scantily

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• little
• somewhat
• slightly
• nominally
• just
• negligibly
• barely
• scarcely
• hardly
• marginally
• minimally
• meagerly
• scantily

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passing

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verb

present participle of pass

1

as in handing

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

could you please pass me the phone?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• handing
• reaching
• transferring
• giving
• carrying
• bucking
• handing over
• relaying
• handling
• rendering
• delivering
• bearing
• yielding
• releasing
• surrendering
• fingering
• relinquishing
• pawing
• turning over
• giving up
• ceding

2

as in stopping

to come to an end

eventually, the storm passed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stopping
• ending
• expiring
• halting
• concluding
• ceasing
• dying
• finishing
• closing
• terminating
• going
• lapsing
• determining
• elapsing
• stalling
• discontinuing
• breaking off
• leaving off
• winking (out)
• winding up
• quitting
• breaking up
• letting up
• dead-ending
• biting the dust
• pausing
• suspending
• refraining (from)
• staying
• laying off (of)
• packing (up or in)
• cutting out
• knocking off
• giving over
• breaking down
• desisting (from)
• winding down
• abating
• conking (out)
• petering (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continuing
• persisting
• hanging on
• extending
• prolonging
• drawing out
• protracting

• continuing
• persisting
• hanging on
• extending
• prolonging
• drawing out
• protracting

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3

as in leaving

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

• handing
• leaving
• giving
• transferring
• delivering
• delegating
• transmitting
• relinquishing
• commending
• granting
• entrusting
• recommending
• confiding
• committing
• trusting
• consigning
• reposing
• loaning
• intrusting
• vesting
• turning over
• submitting
• distributing
• handing over
• conferring
• bequeathing
• assigning
• lending
• dividing
• giving over
• dispensing
• dispersing
• dealing (out)
• supplying
• furnishing
• surrendering
• advancing
• yielding
• releasing
• turning in
• handing down
• willing
• handing in
• handing on
• retransmitting
• retransferring
• redelivering
• recommitting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• holding
• keeping
• retaining
• receiving
• possessing
• reserving
• withholding
• owning
• accepting
• taking
• holding back
• occupying
• detaining
• taking in
• taking over

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• holding
• keeping
• retaining
• receiving
• possessing
• reserving
• withholding
• owning
• accepting
• taking
• holding back
• occupying
• detaining
• taking in
• taking over

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4

as in enacting

to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action

Congress cannot pass any law restricting free speech

Synonyms & Similar Words

• enacting
• approving
• constituting
• legislating
• making
• laying down
• dictating
• ordaining
• authorizing
• effecting
• permitting
• repassing
• ratifying
• bringing about
• proclaiming
• sanctioning
• executing
• reenacting
• administering
• decreeing
• allowing
• confirming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• repealing
• revoking
• killing
• abolishing
• invalidating
• reversing
• cancelling
• canceling
• rescinding
• overturning
• nullifying
• annulling
• abrogating
• voiding

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• repealing
• revoking
• killing
• abolishing
• invalidating
• reversing
• cancelling
• canceling
• rescinding
• overturning
• nullifying
• annulling
• abrogating
• voiding

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5

as in happening

to take place

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• happening
• being
• coming
• occurring
• doing
• coming down
• cooking
• coming off
• transpiring
• going on
• coming about
• going down
• chancing
• betiding
• rising
• happing
• coming to pass
• befalling
• developing
• arising
• intervening
• proceeding
• shaping (up)
• resulting
• following
• materializing
• breaking
• coming up
• springing (up)
• cropping (up)
• falling out
• turning out
• going off

6

as in experiencing

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

• experiencing
• undergoing
• having
• enduring
• seeing
• knowing
• feeling
• witnessing
• suffering
• sustaining
• receiving
• going through
• tasting
• encountering
• accepting
• meeting
• digesting
• assimilating

7

as in uttering

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

• uttering
• talking
• saying
• telling
• speaking
• discussing
• sharing
• stating
• giving
• articulating
• putting
• announcing
• verbalizing
• bringing out
• vocalizing
• posting
• enunciating
• shouting
• publishing
• looking
• voicing
• whispering
• declaring
• putting into words
• affirming
• proclaiming
• promulgating
• airing
• blazing
• sounding
• broadcasting
• blurting
• ventilating
• publicizing
• breathing
• advertising
• commenting
• getting off
• asserting
• gasping
• venting
• murmuring
• remarking
• bolting
• alleging
• shooting
• chirping
• formulating
• mouthing
• spouting
• drawling
• blabbering
• spluttering
• averring
• purring
• clothing
• avowing
• wording
• phrasing
• snarling
• couching
• avouching
• ripping (out)
• lipping
• formulizing
• piping up (with)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suppressing
• stifling

• suppressing
• stifling

8

as in refusing

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

• refusing
• rejecting
• declining
• ignoring
• avoiding
• denying
• disapproving
• spurning
• vetoing
• dismissing
• forbidding
• withdrawing
• turning down
• passing up
• throwing over
• disputing
• balking (at)
• repudiating
• deselecting
• reprobating
• prohibiting
• throwing out
• nixing
• negativing
• scouting
• overruling
• disdaining
• proscribing
• rebuffing
• scorning
• turning one's back on
• retracting
• revoking
• recalling
• blowing off
• renouncing
• bypassing
• disclaiming
• detouring
• sticking
• shooting down
• abstaining (from)
• refraining (from)
• contradicting
• taking back
• disavowing
• recanting
• negating
• refuting
• foreswearing
• forbearing
• disproving
• disowning
• unsaying
• controverting
• abjuring
• disallowing
• forswearing
• disagreeing (with)
• backtracking
• rebutting
• gainsaying
• backing down
• backing off
• reneging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approving
• accepting
• receiving
• agreeing (to)
• taking
• swallowing
• adopting
• tolerating
• embracing
• welcoming
• agreeing
• selecting
• condoning
• assenting
• consenting
• choosing
• supporting
• countenancing
• acceding
• acquiescing
• espousing
• handpicking

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• approving
• accepting
• receiving
• agreeing (to)
• taking
• swallowing
• adopting
• tolerating
• embracing
• welcoming
• agreeing
• selecting
• condoning
• assenting
• consenting
• choosing
• supporting
• countenancing
• acceding
• acquiescing
• espousing
• handpicking

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9

as in flying

to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flying
• working
• washing
• standing up
• playing
• taking
• holding water
• holding up
• passing muster
• going down
• going over
• getting through
• going through

Phrases Containing passing

• in passing

• in passing