passing
Definitions
Noun
- (american football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
- Euphemistic expressions for death
- The motion of one object relative to another
- The end of something
- A bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
- Going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it
- Success in satisfying a test or requirement
Adjective
- Of advancing the ball by throwing it
Verb
- Go across or through
- Move past
- Make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
- Pass by
- Place into the hands or custody of
- Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- Travel past
- Come to pass
- Go unchallenged; be approved
- Pass time in a specific way
- Pass over, across, or through
- Transmit information
- Disappear gradually
- Go successfully through a test or a selection process
- Be superior or better than some standard
- Accept or judge as acceptable
- Allow to go without comment or censure
- Transfer to another; of rights or property
- Pass into a specified state or condition
- Throw (a ball) to another player
- Be inherited by
- Cause to pass
- Grant authorization or clearance for
- Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- Eliminate from the body
Adverb
- To an extreme degree
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "passing".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | passing | 2 | 65 |
| 2 | bypassing | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | encompassing | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | surpassing | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | trespassing | 3 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "passing".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | playing | 2 | 101 |
| 2 | opening | 3 | 83 |
| 3 | speaking | 2 | 62 |
| 4 | putting | 2 | 54 |
| 5 | applying | 3 | 29 |
| 6 | pulling | 2 | 25 |
| 7 | packing | 2 | 17 |
| 8 | pushing | 2 | 17 |
| 9 | appearing | 3 | 16 |
| 10 | pitching | 2 | 16 |
| 11 | appealing | 3 | 14 |
| 12 | picking | 2 | 14 |
| 13 | opposing | 3 | 13 |
| 14 | plowing | 2 | 11 |
| 15 | spinning | 2 | 11 |
| 16 | appalling | 3 | 9 |
| 17 | peering | 2 | 9 |
| 18 | pouring | 2 | 9 |
| 19 | spraying | 2 | 8 |
| 20 | pacing | 2 | 7 |
| 21 | pauling | 2 | 7 |
| 22 | pausing | 2 | 6 |
| 23 | peeling | 2 | 6 |
| 24 | piling | 2 | 6 |
| 25 | popping | 2 | 6 |
| 26 | spacing | 2 | 6 |
| 27 | piping | 2 | 5 |
| 28 | poking | 2 | 5 |
| 29 | spitting | 2 | 5 |
| 30 | patting | 2 | 4 |
| 31 | speeding | 2 | 4 |
| 32 | spelling | 2 | 4 |
| 33 | padding | 2 | 3 |
| 34 | polling | 2 | 3 |
| 35 | posing | 2 | 3 |
| 36 | praying | 2 | 3 |
| 37 | sparring | 2 | 3 |
| 38 | spilling | 2 | 3 |
| 39 | paving | 2 | 2 |
| 40 | peeping | 2 | 2 |
| 41 | petting | 2 | 2 |
| 42 | poling | 2 | 2 |
| 43 | pooling | 2 | 2 |
| 44 | puffing | 2 | 2 |
| 45 | purging | 2 | 2 |
| 46 | spotting | 2 | 2 |
| 47 | appeasing | 3 | 1 |
| 48 | paging | 2 | 1 |
| 49 | peeking | 2 | 1 |
| 50 | pegging | 2 | 1 |
| 51 | pershing | 2 | 1 |
| 52 | pinging | 2 | 1 |
| 53 | pinning | 2 | 1 |
| 54 | poring | 2 | 1 |
| 55 | preying | 2 | 1 |
| 56 | prying | 2 | 1 |
| 57 | spanning | 2 | 1 |
| 58 | sparing | 2 | 1 |
| 59 | spewing | 2 | 1 |
| 60 | spoiling | 2 | 1 |
| 61 | spouting | 2 | 1 |
| 62 | appling | 3 | 0 |
| 63 | opining | 3 | 0 |
| 64 | pairing | 2 | 0 |
| 65 | panning | 2 | 0 |
| 66 | paring | 2 | 0 |
| 67 | pasing | 2 | 0 |
| 68 | patching | 2 | 0 |
| 69 | pawling | 2 | 0 |
| 70 | peaking | 2 | 0 |
| 71 | pearling | 2 | 0 |
| 72 | pecking | 2 | 0 |
| 73 | penning | 2 | 0 |
| 74 | perking | 2 | 0 |
| 75 | persing | 2 | 0 |
| 76 | piecing | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | pilling | 2 | 0 |
| 78 | pining | 2 | 0 |
| 79 | pitting | 2 | 0 |
| 80 | plying | 2 | 0 |
| 81 | poaching | 2 | 0 |
| 82 | pouting | 2 | 0 |
| 83 | powering | 3 | 0 |
| 84 | pudding | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | puming | 2 | 0 |
| 86 | spawning | 2 | 0 |
| 87 | spearing | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | sperling | 2 | 0 |
| 89 | spicing | 2 | 0 |
| 90 | spiering | 3 | 0 |
| 91 | spiffing | 2 | 0 |
| 92 | spiking | 2 | 0 |
| 93 | spoofing | 2 | 0 |
| 94 | spurling | 2 | 0 |
| 95 | spurning | 2 | 0 |
| 96 | spurting | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "passing".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | passion | 2 | 28 |
| 2 | pressing | 2 | 25 |
| 3 | passions | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | pleasing | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | pausing | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | phrasing | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | praising | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | pasting | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | massing | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | gassing | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | pasing | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | bypassing | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | pissing | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | phasing | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | passino | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | parsing | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | kassing | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | hassing | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | surpassing | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | hassling | 3 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "passing" in a sentence.
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "passing" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | after passing | 2 | 2 |
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "passing" in the same piece of text.
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "passing".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pissing | 2 | 0 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 34
Fragments: 5
Sound Alikes: 96
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 2
Words that Precede: 1
Statistically Associated: 4
Consonant Matches: 1
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
This Word in the News:
Mar 14, 2026 The Times of India

