Miss
verbmɪs
Noun
a young female
Type of:Womana failure to hit (or meet or find etc)
Similar:MisfireType of:Failurea form of address for an unmarried woman
Type of:Title
Verb
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
“I missed that remark”
“She missed his point”
Similar:Losefail to experience
“Fortunately, I missed the hurricane”
Similar:EscapeType of:Avoidleave undone or leave out
“How could I miss that typo?”
“The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten”
be without
“There is something missing in my jewelry box!”
Similar:Lackfail to attend an event or activity
“I missed the concert”
“He missed school for a week”
fail to reach or get to
“She missed her train”
Type of:MiscarryFailfeel or suffer from the lack of
“He misses his mother”
Type of:DesireWantfail to reach
“The arrow missed the target”
Dictionary Validity
- Tournament Word List (TWL)
- Scrabble US
- Collins Scrabble Words (CSW21)
- Scrabble UK
- ENABLE Dictionary
- Words With Friends
- Combined US/UK Scrabble Dictionary
- SOWPODS
- North American Scrabble (NWL2020)
- NASPA