Scrabble & Words with friends points
- passing is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 10
- passing is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 10
- passing is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 13
Definition of passing
- lasting a very short time (adjective)
Examples
- a passing fancy
Synonyms
- ephemeral
- fugacious
- short-lived
- transient
- transitory
- hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough (adjective)
Examples
- a passing glance
Synonyms
- casual
- cursory
- perfunctory
- superficial
- a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another (noun)
Examples
- the passing of flatus
Synonyms
- passage
- success in satisfying a test or requirement (noun)
Examples
- his future depended on his passing that test
Synonyms
- pass
- qualifying
- going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it (noun)
Examples
- she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me
Synonyms
- overtaking
- of advancing the ball by throwing it (adjective)
Examples
- a team with a good passing attack
Synonyms
- pass
- to an extraordinary degree (adverb)
Examples
- she was a surpassingly beautiful woman
- I will mention only one particular aspect of the current mess because ... this one is surely something new and passing strange
Synonyms
- surpassingly
- euphemistic expressions for death (noun)
Examples
- thousands mourned his passing
Synonyms
- departure
- exit
- expiration
- going
- loss
- release
- the motion of one object relative to another (noun)
Examples
- stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets
Synonyms
- passage
- (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate (noun)
Examples
- the coach sent in a passing play on third and long
Synonyms
- pass
- passing game
- passing play
- allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily (adjective)
Examples
- a passing grade
- the end of something (noun)
Examples
- the passing of winter
See definition of passing in Merriam Webster