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Synonyms of PASSING

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PASSING: definition and more

135 synonyms in 35 meanings 97 playable in Scrabble US

Synonyms of PASSING by meaning

noun

  1. (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate

    Also: passing play, passing game.

  2. euphemistic expressions for death

  3. the motion of one object relative to another

  4. a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another

  5. going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it

  6. success in satisfying a test or requirement

verb

  1. go across or through

    Also: go through, go across.

  2. move past

    Also: travel by, pass by, go past, go by.

  3. make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation

  4. pass by

    Also: slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along.

  5. place into the hands or custody of

    Also: pass on, turn over.

  6. stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point

  7. travel past

  8. come to pass

    Also: go on, pass off, fall out, come about, take place.

  9. go unchallenged; be approved

  10. pass time in a specific way

  11. pass over, across, or through

  12. transmit information

    Also: pass on, pass along, put across.

  13. disappear gradually

    Also: blow over, pass off.

  14. go successfully through a test or a selection process

    Also: make it.

  15. be superior or better than some standard

    Also: go past.

  16. accept or judge as acceptable

  17. allow to go without comment or censure

  18. transfer to another; of rights or property

  19. pass into a specified state or condition

  20. throw (a ball) to another player

  21. be inherited by

  22. cause to pass

    Also: make pass.

  23. grant authorization or clearance for

  24. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

    Also: pass away, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, snuff it.

  25. eliminate from the body

adjective

  1. lasting a very short time

    Also: short-lived.

  2. of advancing the ball by throwing it

  3. hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough

adverb

  1. to an extreme degree