the ticket

noun

informal + somewhat old-fashioned

: the correct or most desirable thing : the thing that is needed or wanted

Compromise, now that's the ticket.

—often used in the phrase just the ticket

For a romantic dinner, candles are just the ticket.

Examples of the ticket in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

If visitors try to re-enter the park, a new digital photo will be taken and compared to the exit photo to confirm that the same person is using the ticket. —Alexandra Simon, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026

For the second consecutive day, the only jackpot winner among the Florida Lottery major money draw games got the ticket at a Publix store. —David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026

For more experienced adventurers, especially those keen on windsurfing and kiteboarding, Canadian Hole (also known as the Haulover Day Use Area) is the ticket. —Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 Apr. 2026

One remedy that many ticketing advocates and Democratic lawmakers want is for the government to force the breakup of Live Nation and Ticketmaster — which merged in 2010 — separating the concert promoter from the ticket seller. —Rachel Treisman, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for the ticket

• chicot
• cricket
• picket
• picot
• thicket
• wicket