Passing Synonyms and Antonyms

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In the act of going past
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. departing
  2. crossing
  3. going-by
  4. gliding by
  5. flashing by
  6. speeding by
  7. going in opposite directions
  8. passing in the night
Of brief duration
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. transitory
  2. transient
  3. fleeting
  4. ephemeral
  5. temporary
  6. short-lived
  7. fugacious
  8. evanescent
  9. fleet
  10. fugitive
  11. casual
  12. momentary
  13. temporal
  14. cursory
  15. perfunctory
Antonyms:
  1. permanent
  2. lasting
  3. long-lasting
To go through (life) in a certain way
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. pursuing
  2. living
  3. leading
Move past
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. overtaking
  2. crossing
  3. surpassing
  4. reaching
  5. overhauling
  6. catching
To move past in time
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. lapsing
  2. going
  3. elapsing
Pass time in a specific way
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. spending
  2. filling
Go successfully through a test or a selection process
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. claiming
  2. sanctioning
  3. ratifying
  4. confirming
  5. stating
  6. approving
  7. affirming
  8. announcing
  9. adopting
Antonyms:
  1. failing
Be inherited by
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. falling
  2. communicating
  3. exuding
  4. returning
  5. devolving
Go unchallenged; be approved
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. clearing
  2. carrying
  3. authorizing
To represent oneself in a given character or as other than what one is
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. posturing
  2. posing
  3. masquerading
  4. impersonating
  5. attitudinizing
Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. croaking
  2. perishing
  3. going
  4. expiring
  5. establishing
  6. dying
  7. choking
  8. succumbing
  9. conking
  10. exiting
  11. legislating
  12. dropping
  13. departing
  14. deceasing
  15. demising
Antonyms:
  1. living
  2. vetoing
  3. refusing
  4. denying
To move toward a termination
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. going
To convey (something) from one generation to the next.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. transmitting
To complete a course successfully
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. qualifying
To cause to be transferred from one to another
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. transmitting
  2. handing
  3. conveying
To make or go on a journey
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. tripping
  2. travelling
  3. journeying
A bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. passage
(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. pass
  2. passing play
  3. passing game
Going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. overtaking
To an extreme degree
(Adverb)
Synonyms:
  1. extremely
  2. exceedingly
  3. super
Of advancing the ball by throwing it
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. pass
Antonyms:
  1. running

Words Related to Passing

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Passing Sentence Examples

  • Aside from the infrequent sound of a passing car on the avenue, only the murmur of unseen waves lapping at the sand broke the stillness.

  • I became more frustrated with each passing minute.

  • Dust drifted down the road from a passing car.

  • The pain increased until Jule was near passing out.

  • Her mind was open to him, and he watched the thoughts passing through.

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