Miss
Miss verb - To fail to attend.
Search
Search verb - To look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| brief | brief miss | brief search |
| short | short miss | short search |
| complete | complete miss | complete search |
| massive | massive miss | massive search |
| Other adjectives: big, later. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Unless you search every shrub and every room like some sort of criminal investigator, you will miss 90% of the stuff you need to find.
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And if you miss the mosquito and it bites you, it goes away, making you have to search more.
Source: Pixel Hunt -
This is fortunate for Miss Brooks and company, as they end up digging up an empty lot in search of artifacts!
Source: Radio / Our Miss Brooks
Cite this Source
Search and Miss. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 31, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/miss/search
Miss & Search. N.p., 2016. Web. 31 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/miss/search>.
Search or Miss. 2016. Accessed July 31, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/miss/search.
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