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passed

[past, pahst] / pæst, pɑst /
ADJECTIVE
accepted
Synonyms
STRONGEST
acknowledged approved authorized confirmed conventional customary endorsed established fashionable popular preferred received recognized sanctioned time-honored universal welcomed
STRONG
accustomed allowed chosen credited okayed touted
WEAK
arrived at card-carrying current in vogue kosher legit normal orthodox regular standard straight unopposed usual
Antonyms
STRONGEST
abnormal different disapproved irregular uncommon unpopular unusual
WEAK
questionable unconventional unorthodox
ADJECTIVE
approved
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accepted allowed authorized backed endorsed permitted ratified recognized sanctioned supported
STRONG
affirmed chosen legalized proven validated
WEAK
OK'd certain made official vouched for
Antonyms
WEAK
disapproved refused uncertain
ADJECTIVE
cleared
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accepted approved certified endorsed
STRONG
validated
WEAK
cashable
Antonyms
STRONGEST
disapproved
ADJECTIVE
gone
Synonyms
STRONG
absent consumed decamped deceased departed disappeared disintegrated displaced dissipated dissolved done elapsed ended finished flown lacking left lost missing moved quit removed retired shifted spent split transferred traveling vanished withdrawn
WEAK
AWOL astray away burned up dead defunct down the drain dried-up extinct no more nonextant not a sign of not here out the window over past taken a powder taken leave turned to dust
Antonyms
STRONG
alive existing living present
WEAK
around current
ADJECTIVE
graduated
Synonyms
STRONG
accredited certified invested ordained promoted
ADJECTIVE
initiated
Synonyms
STRONGEST
approved drafted instructed introduced received
STRONG
accepted acknowledged admitted coached confirmed conscripted grounded inducted installed tutored
WEAK
called up instated made a member of made part of
ADJECTIVE
lawful
Synonyms
STRONGEST
authorized constitutional justifiable legal permissible proper rightful statutory valid
WEAK
bona fide canonical card-carrying commanded condign decreed due enacted enforced enjoined established innocent judged judicial jural juridical jurisprudent just kosher legalized legislated legit legitimatized licit mandated of right official on the level on the up and up ordained ordered protected ruled vested warrantable warranted
Antonyms
STRONGEST
illegal illegitimate incorrect unacceptable wrong
WEAK
illicit prohibited taboo unlawful
ADJECTIVE
legal
Synonyms
STRONGEST
constitutional contractual fair juridical lawful legitimate proper statutory valid
WEAK
acknowledged allowed authorized card-carrying chartered clean condign decreed due enforceable enforced enjoined forensic granted innocent judged judicial just justifiable justified legalized legit licit on the level on the up and up ordained precedented prescribed protected right rightful sanctioned sound straight sure-enough warranted within the law
Antonyms
STRONGEST
illegal illegitimate invalid unacceptable unlawful
WEAK
illicit wrong
ADJECTIVE
legit
Synonyms
WEAK
authorized bona fide canonical card-carrying commanded condign constitutional decreed due enacted enforced enjoined established innocent judged judicial jural juridical jurisprudent just justifiable kosher legal legalized legislated legitimate legitimatized licit mandated of right official on the level on the up and up ordained ordered permissible proper protected rightful ruled statutory valid vested warrantable warranted

Example Sentences

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The students passed around tissues as Stafford shared Cynthia’s diary with the class.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Closer to home, Alabama passed an overtime tax exemption in 2023 with a mid-2025 sunset.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Vitruvian Man passed a tiring Intrepido late for third place.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Congress passed another law further regulating large compounders that sell medications to doctors’ offices and hospitals rather than individual patients.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

We were surprised, as we walked, at how many of the people we had passed each day were Jews.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.