passenger

Meaning

Noun

1. One who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew.
2. (UK, informal) Somebody in a team who does not do their fair share of the work.
3. A young hunting bird that can fly and is taken while it is still in its first year.
4. (obsolete) A migratory bird, a bird of passage.
5. (obsolete) A passer-by; a wayfarer.
6. (obsolete) A ship carrying passengers, a ferryboat.
7. A moth, Dysgonia algira
8. Any of the individual warheads of a MIRV missile.

Verb

To ride as a passenger in a vehicle.

Synonyms

traveler

traveller

rider

fare

wayfarer

traveler

traveller

passing

pax

arrival

visitor

voyager

good rider

chairwarmer

mobilian

sailor

boatman

crew

guest

horseman

occupant

passer-by

Translations

pasajero

Passagier

passager

passagier

passeggero

Fahrgast

passatger

επιβάτης

passageiro

voyageur

inzittende

yolcu

viaggiatore

viajero

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpæsɪnd͡ʒɚ/

Etymology

From Old French passagier with intrusive n (see etymology of messenger).

Sentences

For the first KdF trips , the German cruise companies mostly chartered older passenger ships .

Generally adapted from passenger liners , they were larger than the German merchant raiders .