noun · verb · 4 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.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
General-American:/ˈpæs.wɜɹd/
Southern-England:/ˈpɑːs.wɜːd/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Northern-England:/ˈpæs.wɜːd/
rhymes with -æswɜː(ɹ)d
rhymes with -ɑːswɜː(ɹ)d
CMU ARPABET:P AE1 S W ER2 D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A word relayed to a person to gain admittance to a place or to gain access to information.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: security
Topics: government, military, politics, war
Examples
Only if a would-be visitor knew the password du jour could he pass; the guards allowed no exceptions.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A string of characters used to log in to a computer or network, to access a level in a video game, and so on; archetypally a word but nowadays often an alphanumeric string or a phrase.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract