passenger

Speech parts

1. passenger - Noun

2. passenger - Verb

Meaning

A passer or passer-by; a wayfarer.

A traveler by some established conveyance, as a coach, steamboat, railroad train, etc.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

rider wayfarer occupant tourist traveler commuter rover nomad pax explorer voyager horseman pilgrim vagabond people
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Antonyms

beaver coachman driver dynamo manipulator doer
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Hypernyms

traveler traveller

Hyponyms

fare stowaway commuter hitchhiker straphanger

Phrases with the word

passenger-carrying vehicle passenger coaching stock passenger rail travel local public passenger transport passenger coach comfortable railroad passenger car

Examples

I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can't say; I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger. Harriet Tubman

I don't want to be a passenger in my own life. Diane Ackerman

We continue to subsidize highways and aviation, but when it comes to our passenger rail system, we refuse to provide the money Amtrak needs to survive. Corrine Brown

My fate cannot be mastered; it can only be collaborated with and thereby, to some extent, directed. Nor am I the captain of my soul; I am only its noisiest passenger. Aldous Huxley

Learn to drive?" "Never," said Quentin. "My mission in life is to be a passenger. Diana Wynne Jones

I don't want to be a passenger sitting on the bench not doing much, even in my older years. Frank Lampard

Close letter words and terms

passement passementerie passemezzo passenger airliner passenger boat passenger cabin-craft