pass

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of PASS

to shift possession of (something) from one person to another <could you please pass me the phone?>

Synonyms buck, hand, hand over, reach, transfer

Related Words relay; bear, carry; finger, handle, paw; cede, deliver, give, give up, release, relinquish, render, surrender, turn over, yield

to come to an end <eventually, the storm passed>

Synonyms break off, break up, close, conclude, dead-end, determine, die, discontinue, elapse, end, expire, finish, go, halt, lapse, leave off, let up, pass, quit, stop, terminate, wind up, wink (out)

Related Words desist (from), lay off (of), refrain (from); give over [British], knock off, pack (up or in); break down, conk (out), cut out, stall; pause, stay, suspend; abate, peter (out), wind down

Near Antonyms draw out, extend, prolong, protract

Antonyms continue, hang on, persist

to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another <pass your forms to the department head once they're filled out>

Synonyms commend, commit, confide, consign, delegate, deliver, entrust (also intrust), give over, hand, hand over, leave, pass, recommend, repose, transfer, transmit, trust, turn over, vest

Near Antonyms detain, hold back, reserve, withhold; own, possess; accept, receive, take in; occupy, take, take over

Antonyms hold, keep, retain

to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action <Congress cannot pass any law restricting free speech>

Synonyms constitute, lay down, legislate, make, ordain, pass

Near Antonyms abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel, invalidate, kill, nullify; overturn, reverse, void

Antonyms repeal, rescind, revoke

to take place <and the destruction of the town came to pass, just as the seer had predicted>

Synonyms be, befall, betide, chance, come, come about, come down, come off, cook, do, go down [slang], go on, hap, occur, pass, transpire

Related Words break, develop, rise, shape (up); arise, come up, crop (up), materialize, spring (up); intervene; fall out, follow, result, turn out; go off, proceed

to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it <a presidential candidate who doesn't yet know how it feels to pass the scrutiny of the national press>

Synonyms endure, feel, have, know, pass, see, suffer, sustain, taste, undergo, witness

Related Words encounter, meet; accept, receive; assimilate, digest

to express (a thought or emotion) in words <she'll occasionally pass some insightful comment, but in general she doesn't have much to contribute>

Synonyms articulate, bring out, enunciate, pass, speak, state, talk, tell, utter, verbalize, vocalize

Related Words air, discuss, give, look, share, sound, vent, ventilate, voice; blabber, bolt, blurt, get off, shoot; advertise, announce, blaze, broadcast, declare, post, proclaim, promulgate, publicize, publish; affirm, allege, assert, aver, avouch, avow; breathe, chirp, drawl, gasp, lip, mouth, murmur, purr, shout, splutter, spout, whisper; clothe, couch, formulate, formulize, phrase, put, word; comment, pipe up (with), remark; rip (out), snarl

Near Antonyms stifle, suppress

to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to <we appreciate the invitation to the party, but we'll have to pass> <I'll pass on the coffee>