| bypass | (noun) a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center | Synonyms: beltway, ring road, ringway |
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| (noun) a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current | Synonyms: electrical shunt, shunt |
| (noun) a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part) | - |
| compass | (noun) navigational instrument for finding directions | - |
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| (noun) drafting instrument used for drawing circles | - |
| (noun) an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: | Synonyms: ambit, orbit, range, reach, scope |
| (noun) the limit of capability | Synonyms: grasp, range, reach |
| compassion | (noun) the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it | Synonyms: pity |
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| (noun) a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering | Synonyms: compassionateness |
| compassionateness | (noun) a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering | Synonyms: compassion |
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| dispassion | (noun) objectivity and detachment | Synonyms: dispassionateness, dryness |
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| dispassionateness | (noun) objectivity and detachment | Synonyms: dispassion, dryness |
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| encompassment | (noun) including entirely | - |
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| gyrocompass | (noun) a compass that does not depend on magnetism but uses a gyroscope instead | - |
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| impasse | (noun) a street with only one way in or out | Synonyms: blind alley, cul de sac, dead-end street |
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| (noun) a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible | Synonyms: dead end, deadlock, stalemate, standstill |
| impassiveness | (noun) apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions | Synonyms: emotionlessness, impassivity, indifference, phlegm, stolidity, unemotionality |
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| impassivity | (noun) apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions | Synonyms: emotionlessness, impassiveness, indifference, phlegm, stolidity, unemotionality |
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| overpass | (noun) bridge formed by the upper level of a crossing of two highways at different levels | Synonyms: flyover |
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| pass | (noun) (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team | Synonyms: flip, toss |
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| (noun) a usually brief attempt | Synonyms: crack, fling, go, offer, whirl |
| (noun) (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate | Synonyms: passing, passing game, passing play |
| (noun) (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls | Synonyms: base on balls, walk |
| (noun) success in satisfying a test or requirement | Synonyms: passing, qualifying |
| (noun) a flight or run by an aircraft over a target | - |
| (noun) a permit to enter or leave a military installation | Synonyms: liberty chit |
| (noun) any authorization to pass or go somewhere | Synonyms: passport |
| (noun) an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent | Synonyms: bye |
| (noun) a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions | Synonyms: laissez passer |
| (noun) a complimentary ticket | - |
| (noun) a difficult juncture | Synonyms: head, straits |
| (noun) one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer) | - |
| (noun) the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks | Synonyms: mountain pass, notch |
| (noun) a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs | Synonyms: strait, straits |
| (noun) (military) a written leave of absence | - |
| passado | (noun) (fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward | Synonyms: lunge, straight thrust |
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| passage | (noun) a journey usually by ship | Synonyms: transit |
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| (noun) the passing of a law by a legislative body | Synonyms: enactment |
| (noun) the act of passing something to another person | Synonyms: handing over |
| (noun) the act of passing from one state or place to the next | Synonyms: transition |
| (noun) a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another | Synonyms: passing |
| (noun) a way through or along which someone or something may pass | - |
| (noun) a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass | Synonyms: passageway |
| (noun) a section of text; particularly a section of medium length | - |
| (noun) a short section of a musical composition | Synonyms: musical passage |
| (noun) the motion of one object relative to another | Synonyms: passing |
| passageway | (noun) a passage between rooms or between buildings | - |
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| (noun) a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass | Synonyms: passage |
| passbook | (noun) a record of deposits and withdrawals and interest held by depositors at certain banks | Synonyms: bankbook |
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| passel | (noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad |
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| passementerie | (noun) a decoration or adornment typically on the edge of a garment | Synonyms: trim, trimming |
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| passenger | (noun) a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it | Synonyms: rider |
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| passer | (noun) (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward pass | Synonyms: forward passer |
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| (noun) a person who passes by casually or by chance | Synonyms: passer-by, passerby |
| (noun) a student who passes an examination | - |
| (noun) a person who passes as a member of a different ethnic or racial group | - |
| passerby | (noun) a person who passes by casually or by chance | Synonyms: passer-by, passer |
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| passerine | (noun) perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless | Synonyms: passeriform bird |
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| passing | (noun) going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it | Synonyms: overtaking |
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| (noun) success in satisfying a test or requirement | Synonyms: pass, qualifying |
| (noun) (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate | Synonyms: pass, passing game, passing play |
| (noun) a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another | Synonyms: passage |
| (noun) euphemistic expressions for death | Synonyms: departure, exit, expiration, going, loss, release |
| (noun) the motion of one object relative to another | Synonyms: passage |
| (noun) the end of something | - |
| passion | (noun) the trait of being intensely emotional | Synonyms: heat, warmth |
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| (noun) any object of warm affection or devotion | Synonyms: love |
| (noun) a strong feeling or emotion | Synonyms: passionateness |
| (noun) a feeling of strong sexual desire | - |
| (noun) an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action | Synonyms: cacoethes, mania |
| (noun) something that is desired intensely | Synonyms: rage |
| passionateness | (noun) a strong feeling or emotion | Synonyms: passion |
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| passionflower | (noun) any of various chiefly tropical American vines some bearing edible fruit | Synonyms: passionflower vine |
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| passive | (noun) the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb | Synonyms: passive voice |
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| passiveness | (noun) the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative | Synonyms: passivity |
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| (noun) submission to others or to outside influences | Synonyms: passivity |
| passivism | (noun) the doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable | Synonyms: pacificism, pacifism |
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| passivity | (noun) the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative | Synonyms: passiveness |
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| (noun) submission to others or to outside influences | Synonyms: passiveness |
| passkey | (noun) key that secures entrance everywhere | Synonyms: master, master key, passe-partout |
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| passport | (noun) any quality or characteristic that gains a person a favorable reception or acceptance or admission | Synonyms: recommendation |
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| (noun) a document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re-enter the home country | - |
| (noun) any authorization to pass or go somewhere | Synonyms: pass |
| password | (noun) a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group | Synonyms: countersign, parole, watchword, word |
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| trespass | (noun) entry to another's property without right or permission | Synonyms: encroachment, intrusion, usurpation, violation |
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| (noun) a wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages | - |
| trespasser | (noun) someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission | Synonyms: interloper, intruder |
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| underpass | (noun) an underground tunnel or passage enabling pedestrians to cross a road or railway | Synonyms: subway |
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