PASSING as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • success in satisfying a test or requirement
   Synonym(s)
   • pass (what does pass mean?)
   • qualifying (what does qualifying mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • his future depended on his passing that test
   • he got a pass in introductory chemistry
   Hypernyms(s) passing is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • success (what does success mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • failing (what does failing mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • qualify (what does qualify mean?)
   • measure up (what does measure up mean?)
   • pass (what does pass mean?)
   • make it (what does make it mean?)
   • pass (what does pass mean?)
2. Meaning
   • going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it
   Synonym(s)
   • overtaking (what does overtaking mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me
   Hypernyms(s) passing is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • reordering (what does reordering mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • pass (what does pass mean?)
   • overtake (what does overtake mean?)
   • overhaul (what does overhaul mean?)
   • overtake (what does overtake mean?)
   • catch (what does catch mean?)
   • catch up with (what does catch up with mean?)
   • pass (what does pass mean?)
   • overtake (what does overtake mean?)
   • overhaul (what does overhaul mean?)
3. Meaning
   • (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
   Synonym(s)
   • pass (what does pass mean?)
   • passing game (what does passing game mean?)
   • passing play (what does passing play mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the coach sent in a passing play on third and long
   Hypernyms(s) passing is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • football play (what does football play mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • forward pass (what does forward pass mean?)
   • aerial (what does aerial mean?)
   • lateral pass (what does lateral pass mean?)
   • lateral (what does lateral mean?)
   • spot pass (what does spot pass mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • pass (what does pass mean?)
   • pass (what does pass mean?)
4. Meaning
   • a bodily process of passing from one place or stage to another
   Synonym(s)
   • passage (what does passage mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the passage of air from the lungs
   • the passing of flatus
   Hypernyms(s) passing is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • reaction (what does reaction mean?)
   • response (what does response mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • excrete (what does excrete mean?)
   • egest (what does egest mean?)
   • eliminate (what does eliminate mean?)
   • pass (what does pass mean?)
5. Meaning
   • the end of something
   Usage Example(s)
   • the passing of winter
   Hypernyms(s) passing is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • end (what does end mean?)
   • last (what does last mean?)
   • final stage (what does final stage mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • evanesce (what does evanesce mean?)
   • fade (what does fade mean?)
   • blow over (what does blow over mean?)
   • pass off (what does pass off mean?)
   • fleet (what does fleet mean?)
   • pass (what does pass mean?)
6. Meaning
   • the motion of one object relative to another
   Synonym(s)
   • passage (what does passage mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets
   Hypernyms(s) passing is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • movement (what does movement mean?)
   • motion (what does motion mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • pass (what does pass mean?)
   • overtake (what does overtake mean?)
   • overhaul (what does overhaul mean?)
   • pass (what does pass mean?)
   • overtake (what does overtake mean?)
   • overhaul (what does overhaul mean?)
7. Meaning
   • euphemistic expressions for death
   Synonym(s)
   • departure (what does departure mean?)
   • exit (what does exit mean?)
   • expiration (what does expiration mean?)
   • going (what does going mean?)
   • loss (what does loss mean?)
   • release (what does release mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • thousands mourned his passing
   Hypernyms(s) passing is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • death (what does death mean?)
   • decease (what does decease mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • die (what does die mean?)
   • decease (what does decease mean?)
   • perish (what does perish mean?)
   • go (what does go mean?)
   • exit (what does exit mean?)
   • pass away (what does pass away mean?)
   • expire (what does expire mean?)
   • pass (what does pass mean?)
   • die (what does die mean?)
   • decease (what does decease mean?)
   • perish (what does perish mean?)
   • go (what does go mean?)
   • exit (what does exit mean?)
   • pass away (what does pass away mean?)
   • expire (what does expire mean?)
   • pass (what does pass mean?)
   • die (what does die mean?)
   • decease (what does decease mean?)
   • perish (what does perish mean?)
   • go (what does go mean?)
   • exit (what does exit mean?)
   • pass away (what does pass away mean?)
   • expire (what does expire mean?)
   • pass (what does pass mean?)
   • go (what does go mean?)
   • go away (what does go away mean?)
   • depart (what does depart mean?)
   • depart (what does depart mean?)
   • part (what does part mean?)
   • start (what does start mean?)
   • start out (what does start out mean?)
   • set forth (what does set forth mean?)
   • set off (what does set off mean?)
   • set out (what does set out mean?)
   • take off (what does take off mean?)
   • depart (what does depart mean?)
   • take leave (what does take leave mean?)
   • quit (what does quit mean?)
   • die (what does die mean?)
   • decease (what does decease mean?)
   • perish (what does perish mean?)
   • go (what does go mean?)
   • exit (what does exit mean?)
   • pass away (what does pass away mean?)
   • expire (what does expire mean?)
   • pass (what does pass mean?)

PASSING as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • enduring a very short time
   Synonym(s)
   • ephemeral (what does ephemeral mean?)
   • fugacious (what does fugacious mean?)
   • short-lived (what does short-lived mean?)
   • transient (what does transient mean?)
   • transitory (what does transitory mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the ephemeral joys of childhood
   • a passing fancy
   • youth’’s transient beauty
   • love is transitory but at is eternal
   • fugacious blossoms
   Similar To
   • impermanent (what does impermanent mean?)
   • temporary (what does temporary mean?)

PASSING as ADVERB

1. Meaning
   • to an extreme degree or extent
   Synonym(s)
   • exceedingly (what does exceedingly mean?)
   • extremely (what does extremely mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • his eyesight was exceedingly defective
   Pertainym(s)
   • extreme (what does extreme mean?)
   • utmost(a) (what does utmost(a) mean?)
   • uttermost(a) (what does uttermost(a) mean?)
   • exceeding (what does exceeding mean?)
   • exceptional (what does exceptional mean?)
   • olympian (what does olympian mean?)
   • prodigious (what does prodigious mean?)
   • surpassing (what does surpassing mean?)