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Synonyms for miss

25 synonyms
21 antonyms
1 meaning

verb

Most common

overlook leave out skip omit

All synonyms

Verb

1. Overlook

overlook, leave out, skip, omit, pass by, ignore, drop, mistake, trip, neglect, slip, fault, error, blunder, oversight, default, overpass US CA, fail dated, pretermit rare, overleap rare

Other

lose, fall short, escape, lack, miscarry

Antonyms

attend, have, catch

All antonyms of miss →

Definitions

v. 1
To fail to hit, catch, grasp, etc.
I tried to kick the ball, but missed.

Related words

Word family: missable misfire missing missy
Phrases: miss out miss off near miss miss the boat miss the bus

Forms

Past participle: missed
e.g. missed → overlooked, skipped, omitted, ignored…

Example sentences

skip My physics teacher doesn't care if I skip classes.
overlook You may as well overlook his sins and forgive him.
omit This detail is unimportant. You can safely omit it.
lose This cuttlefish has started to lose its freshness.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
miss		rising
skip		rising
overlook		steady
omit		steady
lose		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters: lose¹, drop¹, trip¹, lack¹, fail¹, slip¹, skip¹, omit²
5 letters: fault¹, error²
6 letters: escape², ignore²
7 letters: mistake², default², neglect², blunder²
8 letters: overlook³, overpass³, miscarry, overleap
9 letters: oversight³, pretermit

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (omit² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: manquer
Italiano: mancare
Español: carecer
Deutsch: fehlen
Català: faltar