Miss meaning

What does “miss” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“miss” is a noun and verb with 12 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a young female.

miss

a young female
“a young lady of 18”
Synonymsgirl missy young lady young woman fille
a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)
Synonymsmisfire
a form of address for an unmarried woman

fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
“I missed that remark”
“She missed his point”
Synonymslose
feel or suffer from the lack of
“He misses his mother”
fail to attend an event or activity
“I missed the concert”
“He missed school for a week”
Oppositesattend
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
fail to reach or get to
“She missed her train”
be without
“This soup lacks salt”
“There is something missing in my jewelry box!”
Synonymslack
Oppositeshave
fail to reach
“The arrow missed the target”
Oppositeshit
be absent
“The child had been missing for a week”
fail to experience
“Fortunately, I missed the hurricane”
Synonymsescape

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University