miss
/mɪs/noun, verb1 syllable
Miss means: leave undone or leave out.
Synonyms for miss16
noun, as in a young female
noun, as in a failure to hit (or meet or find etc.)
verb, as in fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
verb, as in be without
verb, as in fail to experience
Opposites of miss
What does miss mean?12
verb
leave undone or leave out“How could I miss that typo?”
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind“I missed that remark”
be without“This soup lacks salt”
fail to experience“Fortunately, I missed the hurricane”
feel or suffer from the lack of“He misses his mother”
fail to attend an event or activity“I missed the concert”
fail to reach or get to“She missed her train”
fail to reach“The arrow missed the target”
be absent“The child had been missing for a week”
noun
a young female“a young lady of 18”
a failure to hit (or meet or find etc.)
a form of address for an unmarried woman
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with miss?16
Miss in a sentence
- We hurried, so we didn't miss the last bus.CK
- Listen carefully, or you'll miss what he says.dryhay
- Hurry up, or you will miss the train.CK
- Hurry up, or you will miss the last train.CK
- Run fast, otherwise you will miss the bus.Dejo
- Now that he has gone, we miss him very much.CM
- If you drive carelessly, you will miss your turn.AlanF_US
- You'll get there in time, so long as you don't miss the train.CM
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of miss
as a noun
- plural
- misses
as a verb
- past tense
- missed
- present participle
- missing
- third-person singular
- misses
- past participle
- missed