PASSENGER Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

passenger

noun

Definition of passenger

as in traveler

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Recent Examples of passenger An open bottle of alcoholic beverage was found in the passenger side of the vehicle, according to the AP. — Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026 The incidents, which involved passenger aircraft, all occurred at Sydney Airport during the past three months. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026 Neither does the strange quiet when the trip home begins with one fewer passenger. — Robert Duffer, AJC.com, 2 Oct. 2026 Sources said an image of a passenger manifest reached a journalist in Spain after the operation fell apart. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for passenger

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That’s all needed to engage — and convert — younger consumers, who are the burgeoning demographic expected to account for about 50 percent to 60 percent of travelers by 2035.

— Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
The rooms There's a room type for just about every type of traveler, with six floor plans.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

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Two engaged couples posed for wedding photos in between joggers, dog walkers and sightseers who clamored around Osprey Street to enjoy the day’s majestic sunset.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
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

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