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Synonyms for pass
Synonyms for pass: eliminate, qualifying, crack, elapse, legislate and overtake. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 6 synonyms for pass
Interchangeable with pass, one per sense
Audited under pass's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one pass carries in that sense.
- eliminateverb, in the sense "eliminate from the body"
- qualifyingnoun, in the sense "success in satisfying a test or requirement"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name pass as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- crackcrack is a noun in the sense "a usually brief attempt"
- elapseelapse is a verb in the sense "(of time) to pass by"
- legislatelegislate is a verb in the sense "make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation"
- overtakeovertake is a verb in the sense "to move ahead of a competitor who was previously in front"
two of these come from pass's own entries in the bank, and four were audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
eliminate from the body
Pass a kidney stone.
The true synonym
eliminate
Same sentence, swapped: Eliminate a kidney stone.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for pass in the sentence quoted.
- fall
- spend
- breathe
success in satisfying a test or requirement
He got a pass in introductory chemistry.
The true synonym
qualifying
Same sentence, swapped: He got a qualifying in introductory chemistry.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for pass in the sentence quoted.
- offer
- bye
- failing
Where pass turns up in the game
pass is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in 11 other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 11 puzzles where pass is the trap
- beginverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is start, in the sense "set in motion, cause to start", and pass is on the board beside it.
- failverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is bomb, in the sense "fail to get a passing grade", so pass is there to be ruled out.
- hitnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is strike, in the sense "a conspicuous success", and pass is on the board beside it.
- reachverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is contact, in the sense "be in or establish communication with", and pass is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play pass
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so pass reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other the body words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. pass carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.