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The synonyms of “Miss” are: lose, escape, lack, drop, leave out, neglect, omit, overleap, overlook, pretermit, fail to hit, be wide of, go wide of, fall short of, fail to catch, fumble, fluff, bungle, mishandle, misfield, mishit, fail to hear, fail to take in, mishear, misunderstand, fail to notice, fail to see, pass over, forget, fail to attend, be too late for, absent oneself from, be absent from, play truant from, take french leave from, cut, skip, fail to get, notice the absence of, find missing, fail to take advantage of, fail to grasp, fail to seize, fail to take, let slip, let go, let pass, forfeit, pass up, lose out on, disregard, avoid, beat, evade, dodge, sidestep, elude, get round, circumvent, steer clear of, give a wide berth to, find a way round, bypass, skirt, cheat, duck, exclude, fail to include, except, miss off, fail to mention, pine for, yearn for, ache for, long for, long to see, regret the absence of, regret the loss of, feel the loss of, feel nostalgic for, need, fille, girl, missy, young lady, young woman, misfire, failure, omission, slip, blunder, error, mistake, fiasco
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “miss” as a noun can have the following definitions:
blunder | An embarrassing mistake. She stopped finally aware of the terrible blunder she had made. |
error | The occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer. The crash was caused by human error. |
failure | A lack or deficiency of a desirable quality. Bad weather had resulted in crop failures. |
fiasco | A complete failure, especially a ludicrous or humiliating one. His plans turned into a fiasco. |
fille | A young female. |
girl | A person s girlfriend. Girls go through puberty earlier than boys. |
misfire | A failure of fuel to ignite correctly in an internal combustion engine. He drove into the pits to have a misfire cured. |
missy | Used as an affectionate or disparaging form of address to a young girl. Don t tell lies missy he said sternly. |
mistake | An act or judgement that is misguided or wrong. Make no mistake about his intentions. |
omission | A mistake resulting from neglect. To pay compensation for a wrongful act or omission. |
slip | A fielder at slip. The judge made a slip in his summing up. |
young lady | United States film and television actress (1913-2000. |
young woman | United States religious leader of the Mormon Church after the assassination of Joseph Smith; he led the Mormon exodus from Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah (1801-1877. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “miss” as a verb can have the following definitions:
absent oneself from | Go away or leave. |
ache for | Have a desire for something or someone who is not present. |
avoid | Repudiate, nullify, or render void (a decree or contract. During Ramadan Muslims avoid tobacco during the day. |
be absent from | Represent, as of a character on stage. |
be too late for | Be identical or equivalent to. |
be wide of | Represent, as of a character on stage. |
beat | Beat through cleverness and wit. An owl beat low over the salt marsh. |
bungle | Spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly. He bungled his first attempt to manage a group of professional players. |
bypass | Avoid something unpleasant or laborious. A manager might bypass formal channels of communication. |
cheat | Engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud. He had cheated her out of everything she had. |
circumvent | Overcome (a problem or difficulty), typically in a clever and surreptitious way. I found it quite easy to circumvent security. |
cut | Form or shape by cutting or incising. We had to cut short the conversation. |
disregard | Refuse to acknowledge. The body of evidence is too substantial to disregard. |
dodge | Make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid. The pickpocket dodged through the crowd. |
drop | Let or cause to fall in drops. She dropped acid when she was a teenager. |
duck | To move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away. Before he could duck another stone struck him. |
elude | (of an achievement or something desired) fail to be attained by (someone. What you are seeing in him eludes me. |
escape | Escape potentially unpleasant consequences get away with a forbidden action. It may have escaped your notice but this is not a hotel. |
evade | Escape, either physically or mentally. She was sentenced on three counts of conspiracy to evade taxes. |
except | Take exception to. Five classes of advertisement are excepted from control. |
exclude | Prevent from entering; keep out. The unruly student was excluded from the game. |
fail to attend | Become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close. |
fail to catch | Disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake. |
fail to get | Fail to get a passing grade. |
fail to grasp | Fail to get a passing grade. |
fail to hear | Disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake. |
fail to hit | Become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close. |
fail to include | Prove insufficient. |
fail to mention | Stop operating or functioning. |
fail to notice | Be unsuccessful. |
fail to see | Be unable. |
fail to seize | Stop operating or functioning. |
fail to take | Stop operating or functioning. |
fail to take advantage of | Judge unacceptable. |
fail to take in | Be unsuccessful. |
fall short of | Begin vigorously. |
feel nostalgic for | Be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state. |
feel the loss of | Grope or feel in search of something. |
find a way round | Perceive or be contemporaneous with. |
find missing | Perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place. |
fluff | Erect or fluff up. I fluffed up the pillows. |
forfeit | Lose or be deprived of (property or a right or privilege) as a penalty for wrongdoing. She didn t mind forfeiting an hour in bed to muck out the horses. |
forget | Forget to do something. I m sorry Cassie I forget myself. |
fumble | Use the hands clumsily to move (something) as specified. She fumbled with the lock. |
get round | Cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition. |
give a wide berth to | Break down, literally or metaphorically. |
go wide of | Continue to live through hardship or adversity. |
lack | Be without. She lacks in patience. |
leave out | Put into the care or protection of someone. |
let go | Make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen. |
let pass | Leave unchanged. |
let slip | Make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen. |
long for | Desire strongly or persistently. |
long to see | Desire strongly or persistently. |
lose | Miss from one s possessions lose sight of. The painting loses something in this light. |
lose out on | Fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind. |
misfield | (in cricket and rugby) field (a ball) badly or clumsily. He chucks it at McCallum who misfields it. |
mishandle | Manage badly or incompetently. The equipment could be dangerous if mishandled. |
mishear | Fail to hear (a person or their words) correctly. She must have misheard him. |
mishit | (in various sports) hit or kick (a ball) badly or in the wrong direction. Perdita mishit wildly. |
miss off | Be without. |
misunderstand | Fail to interpret or understand (something) correctly. Don t misunderstand me I m not implying she should be working. |
need | Have or feel a need for. This shirt needs washing. |
neglect | Fail to care for properly. You neglect our advice at your peril. |
notice the absence of | Notice or perceive. |
omit | Fail or neglect to do. He was omitted from the second Test. |
overleap | Defeat (oneself) by going too far. A stream that any five years child might overleap. |
overlook | Have a view of from above. He seems to have overlooked one important fact. |
pass over | Pass over across or through. |
pass up | Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life. |
pine for | Have a desire for something or someone who is not present. |
play truant from | Employ in a game or in a specific position. |
pretermit | Omit to do or mention. Some points of conduct we advisedly pretermit. |
regret the absence of | Express with regret. |
regret the loss of | Feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about. |
sidestep | Climb or descend by lifting alternate skis while facing sideways on the slope. He sidestepped a defender and crossed the ball. |
skip | Cause to skip over a surface. Try not to skip breakfast. |
skirt | Go round or past the edge of. The treaty skirted around the question of political cooperation. |
steer clear of | Direct (oneself) somewhere. |
take french leave from | Require (time or space. |
yearn for | Desire strongly or persistently. |
apologetic | Offering or expressing apology. She was very apologetic about the whole incident. |
contrite | Feeling or expressing remorse at the recognition that one has done wrong. A contrite tone. |
contrition | The state of feeling remorseful and penitent. Prayers of contrition. |
expiate | Make amends for. Their sins must be expiated by sacrifice. |
forgive | Stop blaming or grant forgiveness. He proposed that their debts should be forgiven. |
homesick | Longing to return home. He was homesick for America after five weeks in Europe. |
homesickness | A longing to return home. I lived four years in London without a single pang of homesickness. |
hometown | The town (or city) where you grew up or where you have your principal residence. He never went back to his hometown again. |
longing | Prolonged unfulfilled desire or need. Miranda felt a wistful longing for the old days. |
lose | Miss from one s possessions lose sight of. The painting loses something in this light. |
misfire | An explosion that fails to occur. He drove into the pits to have a misfire cured. |
mislay | Unintentionally put (an object) where it cannot readily be found and so lose it temporarily. I seem to have mislaid my car keys. |
misplace | Put (an object) in the wrong place and so lose it temporarily. Misplaced modifiers. |
neglect | The state of something that has been unused and neglected. The old churchyard has been sadly neglected. |
omission | The action of excluding or leaving out someone or something. She searched the table for omissions. |
omit | Leave out or exclude (someone or something), either intentionally or forgetfully. He modestly omits to mention that he was a pole vault champion. |
overlook | Pass over (someone) in favour of another. He was overlooking his harvest men. |
penance | Impose a penance on. He had done public penance for those hasty words. |
penitence | The action of feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong; repentance. A public display of penitence. |
penitential | Showing or constituting penance. Penitential tears. |
regret | Express with regret. My home when shall I cease to regret you. |
remorse | Deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed. They were filled with remorse and shame. |
remorseful | Feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses. The defendant was remorseful for what he had done. |
repent | Feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about. I repent me of all I did. |
repentance | Remorse for your past conduct. Each person who turns to God in genuine repentance and faith will be saved. |
repentant | Expressing or feeling sincere regret and remorse; remorseful. He is truly repentant for his incredible naivety and stupidity. |
rue | Repentance; regret. Tears of pitying rue. |
sinner | A person who sins (without repenting. God forgives repentant sinners. |
weariness | Temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work. Weariness overcame her after twelve hours and she fell asleep. |
yearning | Involving or expressing yearning. He felt a yearning for the mountains. |
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