miss means "fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind". That is the primary sense; the word has 12 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in miss?

miss has 1 syllable: miss. In IPA it is /ˈmɪs/.

What is another word for miss?

Close synonyms include lose, neglect, pretermit, omit, drop. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of miss?

The recorded antonyms are attend, have, hit.

Is miss a common word?

miss is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with miss?

2 words rhyme with miss. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

miss — meaning, pronunciation and 12 definitions

verb

9 sensesAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
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”
Synonymslose
Narroweroverlook
2.
feel or suffer from the lack of
“He misses his mother”
Broaderdesire
Narrowerregret
3.
fail to attend an event or activity
“I missed the concert”
“He missed school for a week”
Antonymsattend
Broaderfail
Narrowercut
4.
leave undone or leave out
“How could I miss that typo?”
“The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten”
Synonymsneglect pretermit omit drop leave out overlook overleap
Narrowerforget jump
5.
fail to reach or get to
“She missed her train”
Broaderfail
6.
be without
“This soup lacks salt”
“There is something missing in my jewelry box!”
Synonymslack
Antonymshave
Narrowerwant exclude
7.
fail to reach
“The arrow missed the target”
Antonymshit
Narrowerovershoot undershoot
8.
be absent
“The child had been missing for a week”
9.
fail to experience
“Fortunately, I missed the hurricane”
Synonymsescape
Broaderavoid

noun

3 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a young female
“a young lady of 18”
Synonymsgirl missy young lady young woman fille
Broaderwoman
Narrowerbelle bimbo chachka chit colleen dame flapper gal gamine Gibson girl
2.
a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)
Synonymsmisfire
Broaderfailure
3.
a form of address for an unmarried woman
Broadertitle

Other forms of miss

plural: misses·
past tense: missed·
present participle: missing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about miss

What does miss mean?: miss means "fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind". That is the primary sense; the word has 12 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in miss?: miss has 1 syllable: miss. In IPA it is /ˈmɪs/.
What is another word for miss?: Close synonyms include lose, neglect, pretermit, omit, drop. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
What is the opposite of miss?: The recorded antonyms are attend, have, hit.
Is miss a common word?: miss is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.
What rhymes with miss?: 2 words rhyme with miss. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for miss come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

verb

9 sensesAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
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”
Synonymslose
Narroweroverlook
2.
feel or suffer from the lack of
“He misses his mother”
Broaderdesire
Narrowerregret
3.
fail to attend an event or activity
“I missed the concert”
“He missed school for a week”
Antonymsattend
Broaderfail
Narrowercut
4.
leave undone or leave out
“How could I miss that typo?”
“The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten”
Synonymsneglect pretermit omit drop leave out overlook overleap
Narrowerforget jump
5.
fail to reach or get to
“She missed her train”
Broaderfail
6.
be without
“This soup lacks salt”
“There is something missing in my jewelry box!”
Synonymslack
Antonymshave
Narrowerwant exclude
7.
fail to reach
“The arrow missed the target”
Antonymshit
Narrowerovershoot undershoot
8.
be absent
“The child had been missing for a week”
9.
fail to experience
“Fortunately, I missed the hurricane”
Synonymsescape
Broaderavoid

noun

3 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a young female
“a young lady of 18”
Synonymsgirl missy young lady young woman fille
Broaderwoman
Narrowerbelle bimbo chachka chit colleen dame flapper gal gamine Gibson girl
2.
a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)
Synonymsmisfire
Broaderfailure
3.
a form of address for an unmarried woman
Broadertitle

Other forms of miss

plural: misses·
past tense: missed·
present participle: missing·

Questions about miss

What does miss mean?: miss means "fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind". That is the primary sense; the word has 12 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in miss?: miss has 1 syllable: miss. In IPA it is /ˈmɪs/.
What is another word for miss?: Close synonyms include lose, neglect, pretermit, omit, drop. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
What is the opposite of miss?: The recorded antonyms are attend, have, hit.
Is miss a common word?: miss is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.
What rhymes with miss?: 2 words rhyme with miss. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

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