Miss (Verb)

Meaning ¹

Feel or suffer from the lack of; "He misses his mother".

Classification

Verbs of feeling.

Examples

• The team will miss its injured captain for the rest of the season.
• She misses her pet dog that passed away last week.
• After her parents' divorce, the child misses his father dearly.
• They will miss the beautiful beach they loved visiting every summer.
• The homeless man misses the stability of a normal home.

Hypernyms

• Want

Meaning ²

Be absent; "The child had been missing for a week".

Classification

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.

Meaning ³

Fail to attend an event or activity; "I missed the concert"; "He missed school for a week".

Classification

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.

Antonyms

• Attend

Hypernyms

• Neglect

Hyponyms

• Skip

Meaning ⁴

Fail to experience; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Examples

• She was on vacation and fortunately missed the big earthquake that hit her hometown.
• He missed the final episode of his favorite TV series because the power went out.
• We narrowly missed the flight due to the heavy traffic in the city.
• I missed the birthday party because I was stuck in traffic.
• The tourists missed the beautiful sunrise due to their late wake-up call.

Synonyms

• Escape

Meaning ⁵

Be without; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewelry box!".

Classification

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.

Synonyms

• Lack

Antonyms

• Have

Meaning ⁶

Leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten".

Classification

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.

Synonyms

• Drop
• Leave Out
• Pretermit
• Overleap
• Overlook
• Omit
• Neglect

Hyponyms

• Forget
• Jump
• Skip Over
• Skip
• Pass Over

Meaning ⁷

Fail to reach or get to; "She missed her train".

Classification

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

Hypernyms

• Go Wrong
• Miscarry

Related Words

• Miss (noun)

Meaning ⁸

Fail to reach; "The arrow missed the target".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Antonyms

• Hit

Related Words

• Miss (noun)

Meaning ⁹

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".

Classification

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.

Synonyms

• Lose