Antonyms for miss
mɪsmiss

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1. miss

   Antonyms:
   accomplish, achieve, acquire, arrive at, attain, compass, earn, gain, get, grasp, master, obtain, procure, reach, secure, win

   Synonyms:
   abandon, fail, forfeit, give up, let go, lose

Matched Categories

1. • Avoid
   • Desire
   • Fail

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman, fillenoun

   a young woman

   "a young lady of 18"

   Antonyms:
   go to, impinge on, have, strike, feature, hit, collide with, run into, attend

   Synonyms:
   lady friend, missy, fille, young woman, young lady, girl, female child, girlfriend, daughter, little girl, misfire

2. miss, misfirenoun

   a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)

   Antonyms:
   collide with, run into, feature, have, attend, hit, strike, go to, impinge on

   Synonyms:
   missy, fille, young woman, young lady, girl, dud, misfire

3. Missverb

   a form of address for an unmarried woman

   Antonyms:
   feature, have, strike, run into, collide with, hit, impinge on, attend, go to

   Synonyms:
   girl, misfire, young lady, young woman, missy, fille

4. miss, loseverb

   fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

   "I missed that remark"; "She missed his point"; "We lost part of what he said"

   Antonyms:
   have, go to, impinge on, run into, attend, strike, collide with, hit, feature

   Synonyms:
   mislay, turn a loss, fall behind, misplace, lose, omit, overlook, fall back, lack, overleap, suffer, drop, leave out, neglect, recede, drop off, pretermit, escape

5. missverb

   feel or suffer from the lack of

   "He misses his mother"

   Antonyms:
   run into, impinge on, attend, feature, collide with, strike, have, go to, hit

   Synonyms:
   drop, omit, lose, neglect, leave out, overleap, pretermit, overlook, lack, escape

6. missverb

   fail to attend an event or activity

   "I missed the concert"; "He missed school for a week"

   Antonyms:
   go to, have, attend, impinge on, run into, hit, feature, strike, collide with

   Synonyms:
   drop, omit, lose, neglect, leave out, overleap, pretermit, overlook, lack, escape

7. neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleapverb

   leave undone or leave out

   "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"

   Antonyms:
   strike, go to, impinge on, collide with, hit, have, feature, attend, run into

   Synonyms:
   unload, overleap, dribble, lose, drip, vault, send packing, drop off, dismiss, drop down, sink, fail, dominate, fell, degenerate, deteriorate, look out over, leave off, lack, ignore, leave out, throw, cast, cut down, pretermit, put down, take out, devolve, expend, exclude, dangle, send away, set down, flatten, look across, swing, cast off, strike down, throw off, escape, neglect, overtop, command, except, drop, shake off, discharge, spend, overlook, knock off, look out on, throw away, disregard, shed, omit

8. missverb

   fail to reach or get to

   "She missed her train"

   Antonyms:
   go to, collide with, attend, feature, impinge on, strike, have, hit, run into

   Synonyms:
   drop, omit, lose, neglect, leave out, overleap, pretermit, overlook, lack, escape

9. miss, lackverb

   be without

   "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewelry box!"

   Antonyms:
   feature, impinge on, attend, run into, strike, have, collide with, go to, hit

   Synonyms:
   drop, omit, lose, neglect, leave out, overleap, pretermit, overlook, lack, escape

10. missverb

    fail to reach

    "The arrow missed the target"

    Antonyms:
    feature, run into, strike, collide with, attend, have, hit, go to, impinge on

    Synonyms:
    drop, omit, lose, neglect, leave out, overleap, pretermit, overlook, lack, escape

11. missverb

    be absent

    "The child had been missing for a week"

    Antonyms:
    impinge on, run into, hit, strike, have, go to, feature, collide with, attend

    Synonyms:
    drop, omit, lose, neglect, leave out, overleap, pretermit, overlook, lack, escape

12. miss, escapeverb

    fail to experience

    "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane"

    Antonyms:
    strike, run into, have, go to, impinge on, collide with, attend, feature, hit

    Synonyms:
    get away, scat, break away, run away, leave out, bunk, get out, break loose, lose, get off, overlook, take to the woods, lack, overleap, scarper, fly the coop, drop, turn tail, run, omit, head for the hills, neglect, elude, hightail it, pretermit, get by, escape, lam

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1. missnoun

   Synonyms:
   failure, miscarriage, omission, oversight, default, mistake, error

2. missverb

   Synonyms:
   fail, miscarry, skip, omit, overlook

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:2.5 / 13 votes

1. trajectory

   to not hit a target.

   the arrow missed the targer.

   Submitted by rinat on June 11, 2017  

How to use miss in a sentence?

1. Barack Obama:

   This moment may not come again soon, i believe that our nations have an historic opportunity to resolve this issue peacefully —an opportunity we should not miss.

2. Foreign Minister Stephane Dion:

   The case ... of Mr Garratt has been raised by the prime minister and by myself, we never miss an opportunity to raise human rights, but the details should not be revealed publicly for the sake of Mr. Garratt. It's something the two governments will have to work together (on).

3. Francis J.DuCoin:

   Talk to yourself, smile at you(not laugh) once a day or else you will miss a golden chance to talk and smile for the day.

4. Nirgunan Tiruchelvam:

   I don't think they have changed their accounting policy. Analysts often miss the stock because commodity markets are quite volatile.

5. Steve Romines:

   Generally speaking, police dont fire without an identifiable target. They could possibly miss and hit something else, but they dont just fire wildly.

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