All passing synonyms
passΒ·ing
P p noun passing
- death β Death is the permanent end of the life of a person or animal.
- dynamics β The branch of mechanics concerned with the motion of bodies under the action of forces.
- loss β detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery.
- necrosis β death of a circumscribed portion of animal or plant tissue.
- metanoia β a profound, usually spiritual, transformation; conversion.
- end β Come or bring to a final point; finish.
- decease β death
- flipflop β Alternative form of flip-flop.
- expiration β The ending of the fixed period for which a contract is valid.
- kinetics β the branch of mechanics that deals with the actions of forces in producing or changing the motion of masses.
- confirmation β the act of confirming
- dematerialization β The act or process of dematerializing.
- course β Course is often used in the expression 'of course', or instead of 'of course' in informal spoken English. See of course.
- expiry β The end of the period for which something is valid.
- last out β to go on or continue in time: The festival lasted three weeks.
- fade out β to lose brightness or vividness of color.
- fade-out β an act or instance of fading.
- fadeout β A gradual disappearance.
- full swing β full operation; greatest activity: For the first time in years the factory was in full swing. The meeting was in full swing when we arrived.
- body english β a follow-through motion of the body, as after bowling a ball, in a semi-involuntary or joking effort to control the ball's movement
- ambulation β to walk about or move from place to place.
- defunction β the act of dying; death
- liquefaction β the act or process of liquefying or making liquid.
- dissolution β the act or process of resolving or dissolving into parts or elements.
- legalization β to make legal; authorize.
- departing β to go away; leave: She departed from Paris today. The train departs at 10:52.
- legalisation β Alternative spelling of legalization.
- metastasis β Pathology. the transference of disease-producing organisms or of malignant or cancerous cells to other parts of the body by way of the blood or lymphatic vessels or membranous surfaces. the condition produced by this.
- motility β Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously: motile cells; motile spores.
- conversion β Conversion is the act or process of changing something into a different state or form.
adj passing
- fly-by-night β not reliable or responsible, especially in business; untrustworthy: a fly-by-night operation.
- cursory β A cursory glance or examination is a brief one in which you do not pay much attention to detail.
- chop chop β pidgin English for quickly
- creatural β of, relating to, or of the nature of a creature.
- fugacious β fleeting; transitory: a sensational story with but a fugacious claim on the public's attention.
- fugitive β a person who is fleeing, from prosecution, intolerable circumstances, etc.; a runaway: a fugitive from justice; a fugitive from a dictatorial regime.
- chop-chop β with haste; quickly.
- freighted β goods, cargo, or lading transported for pay, whether by water, land, or air.
- deciduous β A deciduous tree or bush is one that loses its leaves in the autumn every year.
- dying β ceasing to live; approaching death; expiring: a dying man.
- make-do β something that serves as a substitute, especially of an inferior or expedient nature: We had to get along with make-dos during the war.
- hasty β moving or acting with haste; speedy; quick; hurried.
- make do β something that serves as a substitute, especially of an inferior or expedient nature: We had to get along with make-dos during the war.
- half-assed β insufficient or haphazard; not fully planned or developed.
- momentary β lasting but a moment; very brief; fleeting: a momentary glimpse.
- bipedal β having two feet
- flasher β a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- in extremis β in extremity.
- at death's door β If you say that someone is at death's door, you mean they are very ill indeed and likely to die.
adjective passing
- quick β done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.