Leave
Leave noun - The approval by someone in authority for the doing of something.
Usage example: the editor gave the reporters leave to follow up on their initial investigation of the senator's fund-raising practices
Pass is a synonym for leave in movement topic. In some cases you can use "Pass" instead the word "Leave" as a verb or a noun, when it comes to topics like come, make, depart.
Pass
Pass verb - To put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another.
Usage example: pass your forms to the department head once they're filled out
Leave is a synonym for pass in come topic. Sometimes you can use "Leave" instead the word "Pass" as a verb or a noun, if it concerns topics such as make, depart, go by.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| nice | nice leave | nice pass |
| long | long leave | long pass |
| brief | brief leave | brief pass |
| short | short leave | short pass |
| Other adjectives: friendly, single, real, huge, little, final, extra, underground, last. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Sinbad: In the 2012 miniseries, Sinbad gives water to a chained-up Roc, for which it lets him pass and leave his prison, and later gets the key to its chains and releases it.
Source: Androcles' Lion - Eventually it comes to pass that the group is simply allowed to leave, and they can even take Ice with them - as long as none of them look back to make sure she's still there.
Source: Don't Look Back -
Justified in that he's got extreme agoraphobia and is pretty much unable to leave the house, so he learned the languages in order to pass the time.
Source: Omniglot
Cite this Source
Pass and Leave. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/leave/pass
Leave & Pass. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/leave/pass>.
Pass or Leave. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/leave/pass.
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