'passenger' definitions:
Definition of 'passenger'
From: WordNet
noun
A traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it [syn: passenger, rider]
Definition of 'passenger'
From: GCIDE
- passenger \pas"sen*ger\ (p[a^]s"s[e^]n*j[~e]r), n. [OE. & F. passager. See Passage, and cf. Messenger.]
- 1. A passer or passer-by; a wayfarer. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A traveler by some established conveyance, as a coach, steamboat, railroad train, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Passenger falcon (Zool.), a migratory hawk. --Ainsworth. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'passenger'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adventurer,
- alpinist,
- astronaut,
- camper,
- climber,
- comers and goers,
- commuter,
- cosmopolite,
- cruiser,
- excursionist,
- explorer,
- fare,
- globe-girdler,
- globe-trotter,
- goer,
- hajji,
- jet set,
- jet-setter,
- journeyer,
- mariner,
- mountaineer,
- palmer,
- passerby,
- pathfinder,
- pilgrim,
- pioneer,
- rubberneck,
- rubbernecker,
- sailor,
- sightseer,
- straphanger,
- tourer,
- tourist,
- trailblazer,
- trailbreaker,
- transient,
- traveler,
- traveller,
- trekker,
- tripper,
- viator,
- visiting fireman,
- voortrekker,
- voyager,
- voyageur,
- wayfarer,
- world-traveler