Miss and Snag

Miss

Miss verb - To fail to attend.

Snag is an antonym for miss.

Nearby Words: missed, missing

Snag

Snag verb - To take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly.
Usage example: often late for work, I generally snag a bagel as I run out the door in the morning

Miss is an antonym for snag.

Nearby Word: snagged

How words are described

brief brief miss brief snag
slight slight miss slight snag
major major miss major snag
minor minor miss minor snag
Other adjectives: last.

Common collocations

date miss date snag date
people miss people snag people
number miss number snag number
moment miss moment snag moment
Other words: time, game, items, enemy, friends.

Both words in one sentence

  • Totem Pole Trench In this McDonald's commercial, the Fry Guys try to snag Ronald's french fries while disguised as a scarecrow, but they miss.
  • Video Game / Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Regular Sonic's jump arc will automatically snag a switch that lowers a drawbridge, while Super Sonic has a bad tendency to swoop through the air too fast and miss it.
Cite this Source
Snag and Miss. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/miss/snag
Miss & Snag. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/miss/snag>.
Snag or Miss. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/miss/snag.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "miss" and "snag" have occurred on timeline