Events
Synonyms for passing
Synonyms for passing: going, overtaking, casual, ephemeral and passage. 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 5 synonyms for passing
Interchangeable with passing, one per sense
Audited under passing's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one passing carries in that sense.
- goingnoun, in the sense "euphemistic expressions for death"
- overtakingnoun, in the sense "going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name passing as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
Two directions, one standard: two audited under passing and three under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
euphemistic expressions for death
Thousands mourned his passing.
passing in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The office held a moment of silence to mark the passing of their longtime receptionist.
- Dear neighbors, we write to share news of Mr. Alvarez's passing and thank you for your kindness.
How it behaves: In this sense passing usually appears as a possessive noun phrase, such as 'his passing' or 'her passing', following prepositions like after, since, or upon, in formal or consoling registers.
The true synonym
going
Same sentence, swapped: Thousands mourned his going.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot passing is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- qualifying
- overtaking
- fatality
going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it
His reckless passing of every truck on the highway frightened me.
The true synonym
overtaking
Same sentence, swapped: His reckless overtaking of every truck on the highway frightened me.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- loss
- passage
- shuffle
Where passing turns up in the game
passing 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 four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where passing is the trap
- advanceadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is beforehand, in the sense "being ahead of time or need", so passing is there to be ruled out.
- urgentadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is pressing, in the sense "compelling immediate action", and passing is one of the three tiles that lose.
- failingnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is flunk, in the sense "failure to reach a minimum required performance", with passing sitting one tile away.
- superficialadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is trivial, in the sense "of little substance or significance", and passing is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play passing
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so passing reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because events is the company passing keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. passing carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.