Definition of PASSENGER

passenger

Meanings

Plural: passengers

Noun

  • a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it
  • One who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew.
  • Somebody in a team who does not do their fair share of the work.
  • A young hunting bird that can fly and is taken while it is still in its first year.
  • A migratory bird, a bird of passage.
  • A passer-by; a wayfarer.
  • A ship carrying passengers, a ferryboat.
  • A moth, Dysgonia algira
  • Any of the individual warheads of a MIRV missile.

Verb

  • To ride as a passenger in a vehicle.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

inmate, rider

Scrabble Score: 12

passenger is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
passenger is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
passenger is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

passenger is a valid Words With Friends word