passenger

noun

pas·​sen·​ger ˈpa-sᵊn-jər 

often attributive

1

: wayfarer

2

: a traveler in a public or private conveyance

Examples of passenger in a Sentence

There were two passengers in the car in addition to the driver.

There's no room for passengers on this project; everybody must do his share of the work.

Recent Examples on the Web

More than 2,500 passengers and crew members were on board — and 844 people lost their lives, including 22 entire families. —Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 4 Nov. 2025

In January, there was a deadly midair collision near Reagan National Airport between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter, killing 67 people. —Sydney Lake, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025

The plane also served as a popular wide-bodied passenger airplane after it was first flown in 1990. —Amanda Jackson, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025

These are essentially large drones powered by batteries or hydrogen fuel cells, capable of lifting one or more passengers vertically into the air. —Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Middle English passager, from Anglo-French, from passage path, way, passage, from passer

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing passenger

• passenger car
• passenger pigeon
• passenger rail
• passenger seat
• passenger train

Kids Definition

passenger

noun

pas·​sen·​ger ˈpas-ᵊn-jər 

: a person riding in or on a vehicle