passing comment
Offhand verbal observation
A passing comment is a remark made briefly and without much thought or emphasis, often while discussing something else: She made a passing comment about the weather.
The phrase suggests the comment wasn't meant to be significant or to invite further discussion—just something mentioned in passing.
- offhandCasually unrehearsed
- off the cuffSpontaneous, unrehearsed speech
- remarkSpoken comment or note
- asideBrief theatrical digression
- quipBrief, clever remark
observation · by the way · fleeting · casual · throwaway · mention · just saying · whisper · murmur · under one's breath · afterthought · sidebar · water cooler talk · brief · footnote · muttered · idle · idle chatter
- casual interactionssmall talk, chitchat, waving, smiling, water cooler talk
- Passing Observationsglance, peek, glimpse, quick look, fleeting thought
- chitchatsmall talk, banter, chitchat, chatter, chat
passing commentprepared statement
Pre-composed formal communication
prepared remarks · formal declaration · press release · measured response · keynote address
passing commentsolemn declaration
Formal assertion of truth
pointed remark · pronouncement · thesis statement · manifesto
passing commentformal address
Respectful way of speaking
keynote speech · formal declaration · policy statement · sworn testimony · press release
passing, comment, pass, passed, passes, passer, passable, impassable, passage