Pass
Pass verb - To shift possession of (something) from one person to another.
Question
Question verb - To demand proof of the truth or rightness of.
How words are described
| similar | similar pass | similar question |
| normal | normal pass | normal question |
| right | right pass | right question |
| direct | direct pass | direct question |
| Other adjectives: green, single, simple, actual, real, little, quick, new, major, final, next, last, different. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Initially, in Family Feud, whoever rang in with the higher answer could choose to have their family play the question or pass it to the other family.
Source: Retired Game Show Element -
Each player could "pass" once a game, which rotated the next player into the same question, and that player couldn't pass that one even if he/she hadn't passed yet.
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Gentaro and Cloud Cuckoo Lander Yuki pass the exam answering only the bonus question, meaning that regardless of score, answering that bonus question is enough of a qualification.
Source: Golden Snitch
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Question and Pass. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pass/question
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