Another word for pass
pass
n.
An opening through mountains
defile, gorge, ravine, crossing, track, way, path, passageway, water gap, col (French); see also route 1.
A document assuring permission to pass
permit, ticket, passport, visa, order, admission, furlough, permission, right, license; see also permit.
In sports, the passing of the ball from one player to another
toss, throw, hurl, fling, flip; see also pitch 2.
Types of passes, sense 3, include: forward, lateral, line, bounce, touchdown pass*, bullet*, shovel*, spot*, flat*, passback*, snapback*.
*An advance
approach, sexual overture, proposition, move; see suggestion 1.
pass
v.
To move past
go by, go past, run by, run past, flit by, come by, shoot ahead of, catch, come to the front, go beyond, roll on, fly past, reach, roll by, cross, flow past, glide by, go in opposite directions, blow over*; see also move 1.
To elapse
transpire, slip away, slip by, pass away, pass by, fly, fly by, linger, glide by, run out, drag, crawl.
To complete a course successfully
matriculate, be graduated, pass with honors, qualify; see succeed 1.
To hand to others
transfer, relinquish, hand over; see give 1.
To enact
To become enacted
carry, become law, become valid, be ratified, be established, be ordained, be sanctioned.
To refuse to act
decline, ignore, omit, skip a turn; see disregard, neglect 1, refuse.
To exceed
To spend time
To pronounce formally
To proceed
To emit
give off, send forth, exude; see emit 1.
bring about, initiate, start; see cause 1.
occur, develop, come about; see happen 2.
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Another word for pass
To move along a particular course:
fare, go, journey, proceed, push on, remove, travel, wend. Idiom: make one's way. See moveTo make or go on a journey:
journey, peregrinate, travel, trek, trip. Idiom: hit the road. See moveTo catch up with and move past:
overhaul, overtake. See approachTo be greater or better than:
best, better1, exceed, excel, outdo, outmatch, outrun, outshine, outstrip, surpass, top, transcend. (Informal) beat. Idioms: go beyond, go one better. See bigTo go across:
cross, track, transit, traverse. See moveTo move past in time:
elapse, go (by), lapse. See timeTo cause to be transferred from one to another:
convey, hand (over), transmit. See giveTo make known:
break, carry, communicate, convey, disclose, get across, impart, report, tell, transmit. See knowledgeTo cause (a disease) to pass to another or others:
carry, communicate, convey, give, spread, transmit. See moveTo come as by lot or inheritance:
devolve, fall. See reachTo convey (something) from one generation to the next.
Along or on: bequeath, hand down, hand on, transmit. See giveTo move toward a termination:
go, go away, pass away. See approach, increase, timeTo cease living.
Also used with on: decease, demise, depart, die, drop, expire, go, pass away, perish, succumb. (Informal) pop off. (Slang) check out, croak, kick in, kick off. Idioms: bite the dust, breathe one's last, cash in, give up the ghost, go to one's grave, kick the bucket, meet one's end (or Maker), pass on to the Great Beyond, turn up one's toes. See liveTo take place:
befall, betide, come, come about, come off, develop, hap, happen, occur, transpire. Idiom: come to pass. See happenTo use time in a particular way:
put in, spend. See timeTo go through (life) in a certain way:
lead, live1, pursue. See beTo represent oneself in a given character or as other than what one is:
attitudinize, impersonate, masquerade, pose, posture. Idiom: pass oneself off as. See honestTo be accepted or approved:
carry, clear. See acceptTo accept officially:
adopt, affirm, approve, confirm, ratify, sanction. See accept, law
To move toward a termination:
go, go away, pass. See approach, increase, timeTo cease living:
decease, demise, depart, die, drop, expire, go, pass (on), perish, succumb. (Informal) pop off. (Slang) check out, croak, kick in, kick off. Idioms: bite the dust, breathe one's last, cash in, give up the ghost, go to one's grave, kick the bucket, meet one's end (or Maker), pass on to the Great Beyond, turn up one's toes. See live
To offer or put into circulation (an inferior or spurious item):
fob off, foist, palm off, put off. See honest
To pretend not to see:
blink (at), connive at, disregard, ignore, wink at. Idioms: be blind to, close (or shut) one's eyes to, look the other way, turn a blind eye to. See see
A free ticket entitling one to transportation or admission:
(Informal) comp. (Slang) freebie. See enter, transactionsA decisive point:
climacteric, crisis, crossroad (used in plural), exigence, exigency, head, juncture, turning point, zero hour. See decide
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