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passenger

noun · verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpæs.ɪn.d͡ʒə/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpæs.ən.d͡ʒə/
  • General-American: /ˈpæs.ɪn.d͡ʒɚ/
  • General-American: /ˈpæs.ən.d͡ʒɚ/
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  • CMU ARPABET: P AE1 S AH0 N JH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

One who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Somebody in a team who does not do their fair share of the work.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, informal

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A young hunting bird that can fly and is taken while it is still in its first year.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: falconry, hobbies, hunting, lifestyle

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A migratory bird, a bird of passage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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5

noun

Meaning 5

A passer-by; a wayfarer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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6

noun

Meaning 6

A ship carrying passengers, a ferryboat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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7

noun

Meaning 7

A moth, Dysgonia algira

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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8

noun

Meaning 8

Any of the individual warheads of a MIRV missile.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, military, politics, war

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9

verb

Meaning 9

To ride as a passenger in a vehicle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

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10

noun

Meaning 10

a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rider

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: traveler, traveller

Narrower terms: commuter, fare, hitchhiker, stowaway, straphanger

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

153 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: passasier — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Albanian: pasagjer — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Albanian: pasagjere — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Southern Altai: пассажир (passažir) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Arabic: مُسَافِر (musāfir) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Arabic: مُسَافِرَة (musāfira) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Arabic: سَافِر (sāfir) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Arabic: رَاكِب (rākib) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Armenian: ուղեւոր (uġewor) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Azerbaijani: sərnişin — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Azerbaijani: müsafir — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Azerbaijani: minik — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Belarusian: пасажы́р (pasažýr) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Belarusian: пасажы́рка (pasažýrka) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Bengali: যাত্রী মুসাফির (jatri) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Bengali: রাহী (rahi) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Central Bikol: lunad — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Bulgarian: пасаже́р (pasažér) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Bulgarian: пасаже́рка (pasažérka) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Bulgarian: пъ́тник (pǎ́tnik) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Bulgarian: пъ́тница (pǎ́tnica) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Bulgarian: пъ́тничка (pǎ́tnička) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Burmese: ခရီးသည် (hka.ri:sany) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Catalan: passatger — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Chinese Cantonese: 乘客 — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Chinese Cantonese: 旅客 (leoi5 haak3) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Chinese: 乘客 (zh-min-nan) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 乘客 (chéngkè) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 旅客 (lǚkè) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Wu Chinese: 乘客 (6zen-khaq) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Crimean Tatar: yolcu — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Czech: cestující — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Czech: pasažér — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Czech: pasažérka — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Danish: passager — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Dutch: passagier — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Esperanto: pasaĝero — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Estonian: sõitja — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Faroese: ferðafólk — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Finnish: matkustaja — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • French: passager — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • French: passagère — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Gagauz: pasajir — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Galician: pasaxeiro — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Georgian: მგზავრი (mgzavri) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • German: Passagier — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • German: Passagierin — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • German: Fahrgast — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • German: Fahrgästin — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Greek: επιβάτης (epivátis) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Greek: επιβάτιδα (epivátida) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Greek: αργόμισθος (argómisthos) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Hebrew: נוֹסֵעַ (noséa') — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Hebrew: נוֹסַעַת (nosá'at) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Hindi: पैसिंजर (paisiñjar) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Hindi: मुसाफ़िर (musāfir) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Hindi: यात्री (yātrī) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Hungarian: utas — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Icelandic: farþegi — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Ido: pasajanto — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Ido: pasajero — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Indonesian: penumpang — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Italian: passeggero — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Italian: passeggera — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Japanese: 乗客 (jōkyaku) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Japanese: 旅客 (ryokaku) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Kazakh: жолаушы (jolauşy) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Kazakh: жолшы (jolşy) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Kazakh: жүргінші (jürgınşı) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Khmer: អ្នកដំណើរ (nĕək dɑmnaə) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Korean: 승객 (seunggaek) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Korean: 여객 (yeogaek) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Korean: 려객 (ryeogaek) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Northern Kurdish: rêwî — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Kyrgyz: жүргүнчү (jürgüncü) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Lao: ຜູ້ໂດຍສານ (phū dōi sān) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Latin: vector — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Latvian: pasažieris — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Latvian: pasažiere — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Lithuanian: keleivis — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Lithuanian: keleivė — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Luxembourgish: Passagéier — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Macedonian: патник (patnik) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Macedonian: патница (patnica) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Malay: penumpang — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Malayalam: യാത്രക്കാരൻ (yātrakkāraṉ) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Māori: pāhihi — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Māori: tangata eke — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Māori: kaieke — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Marshallese: bajinjea — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Marshallese: ri-uwe — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Mirandese: passageiro — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Mongolian: зорчигч (zorčigč) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Mongolian: ᠵᠣᠷᠴᠢᠭᠴᠢ (ǰorčiɣči) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Norwegian Bokmål: passasjer — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: passasjer — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Pashto: مسافر (mosāfer) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Dari: مُسَافِر (musāfir) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Iranian Persian: مُسافِر (mosâfer) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Polish: pasażer — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Polish: pasażerka — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Portuguese: passageiro — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Portuguese: passageira — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Romanian: călător — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Romanian: călătoare — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Romanian: pasager — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Romanian: pasageră — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Russian: пассажи́р (passažír) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Russian: пассажи́рка (passažírka) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Serbo-Croatian: пу̑тнӣк — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Serbo-Croatian: пу̑тница — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȗtnīk — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȗtnica — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Slovak: cestujúci — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Slovak: cestujúca — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Slovak: pasažier — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Slovak: pasažierka — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Slovene: potnik — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Slovene: potnica — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Spanish: pasajero — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Spanish: pasajera — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Swahili: abiria — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Swedish: passagerare — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Tajik: мусофир (musofir) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Tatar: юлчы (yulçı) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Thai: ผู้โดยสาร (pûu-dooi-sǎan) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Tibetan: འགྲུལ་པ ('grul pa) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Turkish: yolcu — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Ottoman Turkish: یولجی (yolcu) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Turkmen: ýolagçy — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Ukrainian: пасажи́р (pasažýr) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Ukrainian: пасажи́рка (pasažýrka) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Urdu: مُسافِر (musāfir) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Urdu: راکِب (rākib) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Uyghur: پاسساژېر (passazhër) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Uyghur: يولۇچى (yoluchi) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Uyghur: پاسساژىر (passazhir) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Uyghur: يولوچى (yolochi) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Uzbek: passajir — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Uzbek: yoʻlovchi — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Vietnamese: hành khách — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Volapük: tävan — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Volapük: hitävan — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Volapük: jitävan — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Volapük: melatävan — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Volapük: melahitävan — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Volapük: melajitävan — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Volapük: nafatävan — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Volapük: nafahitävan — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Volapük: nafajitävan — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Zazaki: raywan (diq) — one who rides or travels in a vehicle
  • Greek: εκτοπιστής (ektopistís) — young hunting bird that can fly and is taken while it is still in its first year
  • Polish: ptak pasażer — young hunting bird that can fly and is taken while it is still in its first year
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