Clues for the word "MISS"

We've had 269 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 561 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mindfood Daily crossword on June 05, 2026.

Definition of miss

n. - A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress, 5.
n. - A young unmarried woman or a girl; as, she is a miss of sixteen.
n. - A kept mistress. See Mistress, 4.
n. - In the game of three-card loo, an extra hand, dealt on the table, which may be substituted for the hand dealt to a player.
v. t. - To fail of hitting, reaching, getting, finding, seeing, hearing, etc.; as, to miss the mark one shoots at; to miss the train by being late; to miss opportunites of getting knowledge; to miss the point or meaning of something said.
v. t. - To omit; to fail to have or to do; to get without; to dispense with; -- now seldom applied to persons.
v. t. - To discover the absence or omission of; to feel the want of; to mourn the loss of; to want.
v. i. - To fail to hit; to fly wide; to deviate from the true direction.
v. i. - To fail to obtain, learn, or find; -- with of.
v. i. - To go wrong; to err.
v. i. - To be absent, deficient, or wanting.
n. - The act of missing; failure to hit, reach, find, obtain, etc.
n. - Loss; want; felt absence.
n. - Mistake; error; fault.
n. - Harm from mistake.