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| Main Entry: | pass |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opening through solid |
| Synonyms: | canyon, cut, gap, gorge, passage, passageway, path, ravine |
| Antonyms: | closure, closing |
| Main Entry: | pass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go by, elapse; move onward |
| Synonyms: | befall, catch, come off, come up, crawl, cross, cruise, depart, develop, drag, fall out, fare, flow, fly, get ahead, give, glide, go, happen, hie, journey, lapse, leave, linger, move, occur, pass away, pass by, proceed, progress, reach, repair, rise, roll, run, run out, transpire, travel, wend, blow past, come to pass, fly by, glide by, go past, push on, run by, slip away, take place |
| Antonyms: | get, take, use |
| Main Entry: | pass |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authorization, permission |
| Synonyms: | admission, chit*, free ride*, furlough, identification, license, order, paper, passport, permit, ticket, warrant, comp, safe-conduct, visa |
| Antonyms: | denial, refusal, veto, grounding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surpass, beat |
| Synonyms: | exceed, excel, go by, outdistance, outdo, outshine, outstrip, surmount, top, transcend, go beyond, leave behind, outgo, outrace, shoot ahead of |
| Antonyms: | lose, fall behind |
| Main Entry: | pass |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sexual proposition |
| Synonyms: | advance, approach, overture, play, suggestion |
| Main Entry: | pass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | succeed, graduate |
| Synonyms: | answer, do, matriculate, pass muster, qualify, suffice, suit, get through |
| Antonyms: | fail, fall behind |
| Main Entry: | pass |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | predicament |
| Synonyms: | condition, contingency, crisis, crossroads*, emergency, exigency, juncture, pinch, plight, situation, stage, state, strait, turning point*, zero hour* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give, transfer |
| Synonyms: | buck, convey, deliver, exchange, hand, hand over, kick, reach, relinquish, send, shoot, throw, transmit, let have |
| Antonyms: | receive, take |
| Main Entry: | pass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cease |
| Synonyms: | blow over*, close, decease, demise, depart, die, disappear, discontinue, dissolve, drop, dwindle, ebb, end, evaporate, expire, fade, go, pass away, perish, peter out*, stop, succumb, terminate, vanish, wane, cash in, melt away |
| Antonyms: | live |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enact, legislate |
| Synonyms: | accept, adopt, approve, authorize, carry, decree, engage, establish, ordain, pledge, promise, ratify, sanction, undertake, validate, be established, be ordained, be sanctioned, become law, become ratified, become valid, vote in |
| Antonyms: | deny, refuse, veto |
| Main Entry: | pass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | express formally |
| Synonyms: | claim, declare, deliver, pronounce, state, utter |
| Main Entry: | pass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decide not to do |
| Synonyms: | decline, discount, disregard, fail, forget, ignore, miss, neglect, omit, overlook, refuse, skip, slight, not heed, pass on, pass up |
| Antonyms: | accept, be willing |
| Main Entry: | pass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rid of waste |
| Synonyms: | discharge, eliminate, emit, empty, evacuate, excrete, expel, exude, give off, void, defecate, send forth |
| Main Entry: | abstain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold back from doing |
| Synonyms: | abjure, abnegate, avoid, cease, constrain, curb, decline, deny oneself, do without, eschew, evade, fast, fence-sit, forbear, forgo, give the go by, give up, go on the wagon, keep from, pass, pass up, quit, refrain, refuse, renounce, shun, sit on one's hands, sit on the fence, sit out, spurn, starve, stop, take the cure, take the pledge, withhold |
| Antonyms: | indulge, use |
| Main Entry: | acquiesce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | agree with some reluctance |
| Synonyms: | accede, accept, accommodate, adapt, adjust, agree, allow, approve, buy, come across, comply, concur, conform, consent, cry uncle*, cut a deal*, ditto*, give in, jibe*, okay, pass, play ball*, reconcile, set, submit, subscribe, yes, yield, bow to, cave in*, come around, give out, go along, roll over and play dead, say uncle, shake on |
| Antonyms: | disagree, dissent, object, protest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | admittance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | permission to enter |
| Synonyms: | access, entrée, entrance, entry, ingress, pass, passage, reception |
| Notes: | admission implies a physical entrance, whereas admittance implies some sort of procedural or merely formal entry; admission correlates with permission to move into a room or building but admittance correlates with acceptance into a group or organization |
| Main Entry: | Annie Oakley |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | free ticket |
| Synonyms: | freebie*, pass, Chinese ducket, comp, complimentary pass, complimentary ticket, free admission, free pass, free seats, free ticket, guest pass, guest ticket |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blow over |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disappear slowly |
| Synonyms: | cease, dissipate, end, finish, pass, peter out*, subside, vanish, die down, fizzle out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | breeze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | work quickly through task |
| Synonyms: | cruise, flit, glide, hurry, move, pass, sail, sally, skim, slide, slip, sweep, trip, waltz, zip |
| Main Entry: | cap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | outdo a performance |
| Synonyms: | beat, best, better, can*, clinch*, complete, cover, crest, crown, eclipse, exceed, excel, finish, outshine, outstrip, pass, surmount, surpass, top, transcend, wrap up*, button down, button up, cob, do to a T, put the lid on, top it off, trump |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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