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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brief, casual |
| Synonyms: | cursory, ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, fugacious, fugitive, glancing, hasty, impermanent, momentary, quick, shallow, short, short-lived, slight, superficial, temporary, transient, transitory |
| Antonyms: | lasting, long-lasting, permanent |
| Main Entry: | pass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go by, elapse; move onward |
| Synonyms: | befall, blow past, catch, come off, come to pass, come up, crawl, cross, cruise, depart, develop, drag, fall out, fare, flow, fly, fly by, get ahead, give, glide, glide by, go, go past, happen, hie, journey, lapse, leave, linger, move, occur, pass away, pass by, proceed, progress, push on, reach, repair, rise, roll, run, run by, run out, slip away, take place, transpire, travel, wend |
| Antonyms: | get, take, use |
| Main Entry: | pass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surpass, beat |
| Synonyms: | exceed, excel, go beyond, go by, leave behind, outdistance, outdo, outgo, outrace, outshine, outstrip, shoot ahead of, surmount, top, transcend |
| Antonyms: | fall behind, lose |
| Main Entry: | pass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | succeed, graduate |
| Synonyms: | answer, do, get through, matriculate, pass muster, qualify, suffice, suit |
| Antonyms: | fail, fall behind |
| Main Entry: | pass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give, transfer |
| Synonyms: | buck, convey, deliver, exchange, hand, hand over, kick, let have, reach, relinquish, send, shoot, throw, transmit |
| Antonyms: | receive, take |
| Main Entry: | pass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cease |
| Synonyms: | blow over, cash in, close, decease, demise, depart, die, disappear, discontinue, dissolve, drop, dwindle, ebb, end, evaporate, expire, fade, go, melt away, pass away, perish, peter out, stop, succumb, terminate, vanish, wane |
| Antonyms: | live |
| Main Entry: | pass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enact, legislate |
| Synonyms: | accept, adopt, approve, authorize, be established, be ordained, be sanctioned, become law, become ratified, become valid, carry, decree, engage, establish, ordain, pledge, promise, ratify, sanction, undertake, validate, 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, not heed, omit, overlook, pass on, pass up, refuse, skip, slight |
| Antonyms: | accept, be willing |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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