A young female.

synoniemen: fille, girl, missy, young lady, young woman.

Roget 495: error, fallacy; misconception, misapprehension, misstanding^†, misunderstanding; inexactness etc. adj.; laxity; misconstruction etc. (misinterpretation) 523; miscomputation etc. (misjudgment) 481; non sequitur etc. 477; mis-statement, mis-report; mumpsimus^†.    mistake; miss, fault, blunder, quiproquo, cross purposes, oversight, misprint, erratum, corrigendum, slip, blot, flaw, loose thread; trip, stumble etc. (failure) 732; botchery etc. (want of skill) 699^†; slip of the tongue, slip of the lip, Freudian slip; slip of the pen; lapsus linguae [Lat.], clerical error; bull etc. (absurdity) 497; haplography^†.    illusion, delusion; snare; false impression, false idea; bubble; self-decit, self-deception; mists of error.    heresy etc. (heterodoxy) 984; hallucination etc. (insanity) 503; false light etc. (fallacy of vision) 443; dream etc. (fancy) 515; fable etc. (untruth) 546; bias etc. (misjudgment) 481; misleading etc. v.. ... meer laten zien

Roget 129: infant, babe, baby, babe in arms; nurseling, suckling, yearling, weanling; papoose, bambino; kid; vagitus.    child, bairn [Scot.], little one, brat, chit, pickaninny, urchin; bantling, bratling^†; elf.    youth, boy, lad, stripling, youngster, youngun, younker^†, callant^†, whipster^†, whippersnapper, whiffet [U.S.], schoolboy, hobbledehoy, hopeful, cadet, minor, master.    scion; sap, seedling; tendril, olive branch, nestling, chicken, larva, chrysalis, tadpole, whelp, cub, pullet, fry, callow; codlin, codling; foetus, calf, colt, pup, foal, kitten; lamb, lambkin^†; aurelia^†, caterpillar, cocoon, nymph, nympha^†, orphan, pupa, staddle^†.    girl; lass, lassie; wench, miss, damsel, demoiselle; maid, maiden; virgin; hoyden.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 732: failure; nonsuccess^†, nonfulfillment; dead failure, successlessness^†; abortion, miscarriage; brutum fulmen etc. 158 [Lat.]; labor in vain etc. (inutility) 645; no go; inefficacy^†; inefficaciousness etc. adj.; vain attempt, ineffectual attempt, abortive attempt, abortive efforts; flash in the pan, lame and impotent conclusion" [Othello]; frustration; slip 'twixt cup and lip etc. (disappointment) 509.    blunder etc. (mistake) 495; fault, omission, miss, oversight, slip, trip, stumble, claudication^†, footfall; false step, wrong step; faux pas [Fr.], titubation^†, b_evue [Fr.], faute [Fr.], lurch; botchery etc. (want of skill) 699^†; scrape, mess, fiasco, breakdown; flunk [U.S.].    mishap etc. (misfortune) 735; split, collapse, smash, blow, explosion.    repulse, rebuff, defeat, rout, overthrow, discomfiture; beating, drubbing; quietus, nonsuit^†, subjugation; checkmate, stalemate, fool's mate.    fall, downfall, ruin, perdition; wreck etc. (destruction) 162; deathblow; bankruptcy etc. (nonpayment) 808.    losing game, affaire flamb_ee.    victim; bankrupt; flunker^†, flunky [U.S.].    ... meer laten zien

Roget 962: libertine; voluptuary etc. 954.1; rake, debauchee, loose fish, rip, rakehell^†, fast man; intrigant^†, gallant, seducer, fornicator, lecher, satyr, goat, whoremonger, paillard^†, adulterer, gay deceiver, Lothario, Don Juan, Bluebeard^†; chartered libertine.    adulteress, advoutress^†, courtesan, prostitute, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de joie [Fr.]; woman, woman of the town; streetwalker, Cyprian, miss, piece [Fr.]; frail sisterhood; demirep, wench, trollop, trull^†, baggage, hussy, drab, bitch, jade, skit, rig, quean^†, mopsy^†, slut, minx, harridan; unfortunate, unfortunate female, unfortunate woman; woman of easy virtue etc. (unchaste) 961; wanton, fornicatress^†; Jezebel, Messalina, Delilah, Thais, Phryne, Aspasia^†, Lais, lorette^†, cocotte^†, petite dame, grisette^†; demimonde; chippy [U.S.]; sapphist^†; spiritual wife; white slave.    concubine, mistress, doxy^†, chere amie [Fr.], bona roba [It].    pimp, procurer; pander, pandar^†; bawd, conciliatrix^†, procuress^†, mackerel, wittol^†.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: juffie, jongedame, jongejuffrouw, juf
Pools: córka, dziewczyna, córeczka

A failure to hit (or meet or find etc).

synoniem: misfire.

Nederlands: missen, misslag
Pools: chybienie, spudłowanie

A form of address for an unmarried woman.

Nederlands: misser, mejuffrouw, juffrouw

Fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind:
— I missed that remark.
— She missed his point.

synoniem: lose.

Roget 865: desire; wish, wish for; be desirous etc. adj.. have a longing etc. n.; hope etc. 858.    care for, affect, like, list; take to, cling to, take a fancy to; fancy; prefer etc. (choose) 609.    have an eye, have a mind to; find it in one's heart etc. (be willing) 602; have a fancy for, set one's eyes upon; cast a sheep's eye upon, look sweet upon; take into one's head, have at heart, be bent upon; set one's cap at, set one's heart upon, set one's mind upon; covet.    want, miss, need, feel the want of, would fain have, would fain do; would be glad of.    be hungry etc. adj.; have a good appetite, play a good knife and fork; hunger after, thirst after, crave after, lust after, itch after, hanker after, run mad after; raven for, die for; burn to.    desiderate^†; sigh for, cry for, gape for, gasp for, pine for, pant for, languish for, yearn for, long, be on thorns for, hope for; aspire after; catch at, grasp at, jump at.    woo, court, solicit; fish for, spell for, whistle for, put up for; ogle.    cause desire, create desire, raise desire, excite desire, provoke desire; whet the appetite; appetize^†, titillate, allure, attract, take one's fancy, tempt; hold out temptation, hold out allurement; tantalize, make one's mouth water, faire venir l'eau a la bouche [Fr.].    gratify desire etc. (give pleasure) 829.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 776: lose; incur a loss, experience a loss, meet with a loss; miss; mislay, let slip, allow to slip through the fingers; be without etc. (exempt) 777.1; forfeit.    get rid of etc. 782; waste etc. 638.    be lost; lapse.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 732: fail; be unsuccessful etc. adj.; not succeed etc. 731; make vain efforts etc. n.; do in vain, labor in vain, toil in vain; flunk [U.S.]; lose one's labor, take nothing by one's motion; bring to naught, make nothing of; wash a blackamoor white etc. (impossible) 471; roll the stones of Sisyphus etc. (useless) 645; do by halves etc. (not complete) 730; lose ground etc. (recede) 282; fall short of etc. 304.    miss, miss one's aim, miss the mark, miss one's footing, miss stays; slip, trip, stumble; make a slip etc. n.. blunder etc. 495, make a mess of, make a botch of; bitch it^†, miscarry, abort, go up like a rocket and come down like the stick, come down in flames, get shot down, reckon without one's host; get the wrong pig by the tail, get the wrong sow by the ear etc. (blunder), )mismanage) 699.    limp, halt, hobble, titubate^†; fall, tumble; lose one's balance; fall to the ground, fall between two stools; flounder, falter, stick in the mud, run aground, split upon a rock; beat one's head against a stone wall, run one's head against a stone wall, knock one's head against a stone wall, dash one's head against a stone wall; break one's back; break down, sink, drown, founder, have the ground cut from under one; get into trouble, get into a mess, get into a scrape; come to grief etc. (adversity) 735; go to the wall, go to the dogs, go to pot; lick the dust, bite the dust; be defeated etc. 731; have the worst of it, lose the day, come off second best, lose; fall a prey to; succumb etc. (submit) 725; not have a leg to stand on.    come to nothing, end in smoke; flat out^†; fall to the ground, fall through, fall dead, fall stillborn, fall flat; slip through one's fingers; hang fire, miss fire; flash in the pan, collapse; topple down etc. (descent) 305; go to wrack and ruin etc. (destruction) 162.    go amiss, go wrong, go cross, go hard with, go on a wrong tack; go on ill, come off ill, turn out ill, work ill; take a wrong term, take an ugly term; take an ugly turn, take a turn for the worse.    be all over with, be all up with; explode; dash one's hopes etc. (disappoint) 509; defeat the purpose; sow the wind and reap the whirlwind, jump out of the frying pan into the fire, go from the frying pan into the fire.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 519: be unintelligible etc. adj.; require explanation etc. 522; have a doubtful meaning, pass comprehension.    render unintelligible etc. adj.; conceal etc. 528; darken etc. 421; confuse etc. (derange) 61; perplex etc. (bewilder) 475.    not understand etc. 518; lose, lose the clue; miss; not know what to make of, be able to make nothing of, give it up; not be able to account for, not be able to make either head or tail of; be at sea etc. (uncertain) 475; wonder etc. 870; see through a glass darkly etc. (ignorance) 491.    not understand one another; play at cross purposes etc. (misinterpret) 523.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: ontgaan, ontglippen, ontsnappen, voorbijgaan

Feel or suffer from the lack of.

Nederlands: missen

Fail to attend an event or activity.

Nederlands: ergens, missen, ontwijken, snappen, verzuimen

Leave undone or leave out:
— How could I miss that typo?.
— The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten.

synoniemen: drop, leave out, neglect, omit, overleap, overlook, pretermit.

Roget 460: be negligent etc. adj.; take no care of etc. (take care of) etc. 459; neglect; let slip, let go; lay aside, set aside, cst aside, put aside; keep out of sight, put out of sight; lose sight of.    overlook, disregard; pass over, pas by; let pass; blink; wink at, connive at; gloss over; take no note of, take no thought of, take no account of, take no notice of; pay no regard to; laisser aller [Fr.].    scamp; trifle, fribble^†; do by halves; cut; slight etc. (despise) 930; play with, trifle with; slur, skim, skim the surface; effleurer [Fr.]; take a cursory view of etc. 457.    slur over, skip over, jump over, slip over; pretermit^†, miss, skip, jump, omit, give the go-by to, push aside, pigeonhole, shelve, sink; table [Parl.]; ignore, shut one's eyes to, refuse to hear, turn a deaf ear to; leave out of one's calculation; not attend to etc. 457, not mind; not trouble oneself about, not trouble one's head about, not trouble oneself with; forget etc. 506; be caught napping etc. (not expect) 508; leave a loose thread; let the grass grow under one's feet.    render neglectful etc. adj.; put off one's guard, throw off one's guard; distract, divert.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: verwaarlozen, weglaten, overslaan, overspringen, skippen

Fail to reach or get to.

Be without:
— There is something missing in my jewelry box!.

synoniem: lack.

Nederlands: gebrek hebben, mankeren, missen, ontbreken, schorten

Fail to reach.

Nederlands: missen

Be absent.

Fail to experience:
— Fortunately, I missed the hurricane.

synoniem: escape.

Nederlands: ontkomen, ontlopen, ontsnappen