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The word "passing" can be used as noun, adjective, adjective, verb, adverb and adverb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

failing running

Causes Desire

take exam take midterm

Coordinate Terms

pass

Derived Terms

Korea Passing non-passing passing game passing lane passing of time passing pocket passingly passingly passingness passingness with the passing of time

Derived From

pass

Inflected/Variant Forms

pass

Context

football legal literary sociology sports

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

death decease end expiry football play last motion movement reaction reordering response success

Type Of (IsA)

coordinating with teammates death directed movement end intelligent agent activity movement passing by propelling object reordering sports action success

Related Terms

buck-passing continuation passing style continuation-passing style in passing passing bell passing grade passing loop passing note passing off passing place passing shot passing show passing tone passing-bell

Related Terms

ability approve ball bill club cursory death dying ephemeral excellent extreme greatly identity juggling pass past pre eminent prop ring surpassingly vague

Similar Terms

careless impermanent satisfactory satisfactory temporary

Synonym Network

pass passage perfunctory short lived surpassingly

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.