PASSENGER Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

passenger

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Definition of passenger

as in traveler

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Recent Examples of passenger Four coastguard vessels from northern Cyprus and a passenger vessel took part in rescue operations, the Interior Ministry said, as well as two coastguard helicopters to the area. — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026 Four Turkish Cypriot coast guard vessels and a civilian passenger boat were deployed to the scene, along with five Turkish coastguard vessels and two helicopters, the ministry statement said. — Reuters, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026 Turkey's Interior Ministry said the passenger ship FILOJET was carrying 259 passengers and eight crew members. — David Brennan, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026 Decoys ranged from something big like an unsecured load, to easy-to-overlook details like a crack in the passenger side frame, a wiper blade missing, or a loose lug nut. — Alice Barlow, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for passenger

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Since 2017 individual travelers have also been able to pass through the port.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026
On Wednesday, a massive ice-rock avalanche triggered flash floods in Nepal’s steep Himalayan valleys, killing at least 72 people, sweeping away villages and roads, and leaving hundreds of residents and travelers missing.

— Niranjan Shrestha, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

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By the 1980s, just a few years after the National Geographic story came out, the monarchs were already drawing streams of intrepid sightseers from abroad, despite almost no tourism infrastructure.

— Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026
The coverage of the latest chapter in the Reflecting Pool’s story has attracted news reporters and sightseers putting their hands in the murky waters.

— Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 June 2026

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