English dictionary

passing

/'p/&/s/I//N/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

of advancing the ball by throwing it

adj.all

Examples
A team with a good passing attack.

Synonyms pass

Antonyms running

Source: WordNet 3.0
Relating to the act of passing or going; going by, beyond, through, or away; departing.

adjective

Source: webster1913

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

noun.act

Examples
The coach sent in a passing play on third and long.

Synonyms pass passing game passing play

Source: WordNet 3.0
euphemistic expressions for death

noun.event

Examples
Thousands mourned his passing.

Synonyms departure exit expiration going loss release

Source: WordNet 3.0
the motion of one object relative to another

noun.event

Examples
Stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets.

Synonyms passage

Source: WordNet 3.0
the end of something

noun.event

Examples
The passing of winter.

Source: WordNet 3.0
a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another

noun.act

Examples
The passing of flatus.

Source: WordNet 3.0
going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it

noun.act

Examples
She drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me.

Synonyms overtaking

Source: WordNet 3.0
success in satisfying a test or requirement

noun.act

Examples
His future depended on his passing that test.

Synonyms pass qualifying

Antonyms failing flunk

Source: WordNet 3.0
The act of one who, or that which, passes; the act of going by or away.

noun

Source: webster1913

to an extreme degree

adv.all

Synonyms exceedingly extremely screamingly super

Source: WordNet 3.0
Exceedingly; excessively; surpassingly; as, <i>passing</i> fair; <i>passing</i> strange.

adverb

Source: webster1913