passes

The word “passes” has 2 syllables: pass-es

It's pronounced as /ˈpæsɪz/

What is synonym and antonym for passes?

In the thesaurus, “passes” has 443 synonyms and 62 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for passes along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for passes

abates
abjures
abysses
accepts
accomplishments
achievements
actualities
actualizations
administers
advances
advertises
affirms
airs
alleges
alleys
alleyways
allows
announces
approves
arises
arroyos
arterials
arteries
articulates
assays
asserts
assigns
assimilates
attainments
attempts
authorizes
autobahns
autoroutes
autostradas
autostrade
avenues
avers
avoids
avouches
avows
backs down
backs off
backstreets
backtracks
barrancas
barrancos
bashes
basins
bears
befalls
beltways
bequeaths
betides
bids
bites the dust
blabbers
blazes
blows off
blurts
bolts
boulevards
branches
breaks
breaks down
breaks off
breaks up
breathes
brings about
brings out
broadcasts
bucks
bypasses
bystreets
byways
canyons
carriageways
carries
causeways
ceases
cedes
certificates
chances
chasms
checks
chirps
circles
cirques
clefts
closes
clothes
cols
combes
comes
comes about
comes down
comes off
comes to pass
comes up
commends
comments
commits
concludes
confers
confides
confirms
consigns
constitutes
consummations
contradicts
controverts
cooks
coombes
coombs
corniches
corridors
couches
coulees
couloirs
coupons
cracks
crevasses
crevices
crossroads
cul-de-sacs
culs-de-sac
cuts out
cwms
dales
dead ends
dead-ends
declares
declines
decrees
defiles
delegates
delivers
dells
denies
deselects
determines
detours
develops
dictates
dies
digests
disallows
disapproves
disavows
disclaims
discontinues
discusses
disdains
dismisses
disowns
dispenses
disperses
disproves
disputes
distributes
divides
does
drags
drawls
draws
drives
dual carriageways
effects
elapses
enacts
encounters
endeavors
ends
endures
entrusts
enunciates
essays
executes
experiences
expires
expressways
falls out
feels
fingers
finishes
fissures
flies
flings
floodplains
flumes
follows
forbears
forbids
foreswears
formulates
formulizes
forswears
freeways
fruitions
fulfillments
fulfilments
furnishes
gainsays
gaps
gasps
gets off
gets through
gills
gives
gives over
gives up
glens
goes
goes down
goes off
goes on
goes over
goes through
gorges
grants
gulches
gulfs
gulleys
gullies
gutters
halts
handles
hands
hands down
hands in
hands on
hands over
happens
haps
has
high roads
high streets
highways
holds up
holds water
hollows
ignores
interstates
intervenes
intrusts
is
kettles
kloofs
knocks off
knows
lanes
laneways
lapses
lays down
leaves
leaves off
legislates
lends
lets up
linns
lips
loans
looks
main streets
makes
materializes
meets
mews
motorways
mouths
murmurs
negates
negatives
nixes
notches
notes
nullahs
occurs
offers
ordains
overrules
parkways
passes muster
passes up
pasteboards
pauses
paws
permits
phrases
pike
pikes
places
plays
posts
proceeds
proclaims
prohibits
promulgates
proscribes
publicizes
publishes
purrs
puts
puts into words
quits
ratifies
ravines
reaches
realizations
rebuffs
rebuts
recalls
recants
receives
recommends
recommits
redelivers
reenacts
refuses
refutes
rejects
relays
releases
relinquishes
remarks
renders
reneges
renounces
repasses
reposes
reprobates
repudiates
results
retracts
retransfers
retransmits
revokes
ring roads
rises
roads
roadways
routes
rows
saddles
sanctions
says
scorns
scouts
secondary roads
sees
shares
shoots
shoots down
shots
shouts
shunpikes
shut-ins
side roads
side streets
snarls
sounds
speaks
splutters
spouts
spurns
stabs
stalls
stands up
states
stays
sticks
stops
streets
strivings
struggles
submits
successes
suffers
superhighways
supplies
surrenders
suspends
sustains
switchbacks
takes
takes back
talks
tastes
tells
terminates
thoroughfares
throes
through streets
throws out
throws over
thruways
tickets
tokens
traces
tracks
trails
transfers
transmits
transpires
trenches
trial and errors
trials
tries
triumphs
troughs
trusts
turnpikes
turns down
turns in
turns out
turns over
undergoes
undertakings
unsays
utters
vales
valleys
ventilates
vents
verbalizes
vests
vetoes
vocalizes
voices
vouchers
wadis
washes
ways
whacks
whirls
whispers
wills
winds down
winds up
withdraws
witnesses
words
works
yields

Antonyms for passes

abolishes
abrogates
accedes
accepts
acquiesces
adopts
agrees
annuls
approves
assents
cancels
chooses
condones
consents
continues
countenances
defeats
detains
draws out
embraces
espouses
extends
failures
fizzles
handpicks
hangs on
holds
holds back
invalidates
keeps
kills
naughts
nonfulfillments
nonsuccesses
nought
nullifies
occupies
overturns
owns
persists
possesses
prolongs
protracts
receives
repeals
rescinds
reserves
retains
reverses
revokes
selects
stifles
supports
suppresses
swallows
takes
takes in
takes over
tolerates
voids
welcomes
withholds

Meanings of passes

verb
1. To change place.
2. To change in state or status.
3. To move through time.
4. To be accepted.
5. In any game, to decline to play in one's turn.
6. To do or be better.
7. To take heed.
noun
1. An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier such as a mountain range; a passageway; a defile; a ford.
2. A channel connecting a river or body of water to the sea, for example at the mouth (delta) of a river.
3. A single movement, especially of a hand, at, over or along anything.
4. A single passage of a tool over something, or of something over a tool.
5. An attempt.
6. Success in an examination or similar test.
7. A thrust or push; an attempt to stab or strike an adversary.
8. A thrust; a sally of wit.
9. A sexual advance.
10. The act of moving the ball or puck from one player to another.
11. A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other overtake it.
12. Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.
13. A document granting permission to pass or to go and come; a passport; a ticket permitting free transit or admission.
14. An intentional walk.
15. The act of overtaking; an overtaking manoeuvre.
16. The state of things; condition; predicament; impasse.
17. Estimation; character.
18. (Chaucer) A part, a division. Compare passus.
19. The area in a restaurant kitchen where the finished dishes are passed from the chefs to the waiting staff.
20. An act of declining to play one's turn in a game, often by saying the word "pass".
21. A run through a document as part of a translation, compilation or reformatting process.
22. A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).

Example Sentences

She always passes the ball to her teammates at the perfect moment.
The bus passes this stop every thirty minutes.
Time passes quickly when you're having fun.
He passes all his exams with excellent grades.
As the storm passes, the sky begins to clear.

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