Thesaurus:pass by

Thesaurus

pass by

English

Verb

(intransitive)

Sense: to go past without much interaction

Synonyms

• go by
• fly by (idiomatic)
• forpass (obsolete)
• forthglide (obsolete)
• overgo (UK dialect)
• pass
• pass by
• roll on
• slip by
• transpass (obsolete)
•   —
• Any hypernym + "by"/"on"

Hypernyms

• move    [⇒ thesaurus]
• transit

Further reading

• “303. transcursion” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “pass by” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.