passport

passport

noun

Definition of PASSPORT

1

something that allows someone to achieve a desired goal <meeting that movie director could be your passport to a big acting career>

Synonyms gateway, key, open sesame, secret, ticket

Related Words password; accomplishment, achievement, attainment, coup, success, triumph; approach, manner, means, method, style, system, technique, way; blueprint, design, ground plan, plan, program, scheme, strategy

2

the means or right of entering or participating in <to its followers, the cult seemed like their passport to heaven>

Synonyms access, accession, admission, admittance, door, doorway, entrée (or entree), entry, gateway, ingress, key, passport, ticket

Related Words approval, authorization, certification, permission, qualification; open door, welcome mat

Near Antonyms discharge, dismissal, ejection, expulsion, ouster, rejection, removal