Synonyms of passage

passage

noun

ˈpa-sij 

1

as in route

an established course for traveling from one place to another

the long passage down the Atlantic seaboard, around Cape Horn, and up the Pacific Coast to California

Synonyms & Similar Words

• route
• path
• approach
• road
• highway
• way
• artery
• avenue
• passageway
• walk
• roadway
• pass
• thoroughfare
• trail
• lane
• track
• street
• bypass
• expressway
• turnpike
• drive
• walkway
• freeway
• boulevard
• row
• byway
• pike
• bypath
• airway
• waterway
• routeway
• door
• doorway
• laneway
• gate
• watercourse
• channel
• hatch
• portal
• high road
• gateway
• trace
• cycleway
• bikeway
• gat

2

as in trip

a going from one place to another usually of some distance

an arduous passage across the country

Synonyms & Similar Words

• trip
• expedition
• journey
• trek
• excursion
• flight
• voyage
• travel(s)
• tour
• errand
• ride
• cruise
• peregrination
• sail
• commutation
• commute
• jaunt
• odyssey
• sortie
• pilgrimage
• progress
• outing
• walk
• junket
• quest
• sally
• hop
• drive
• hike
• grand tour
• spin
• safari
• tramp
• slog
• walkabout

3

as in voyage

a journey over water in a vessel

the passage to Britain requires several days

Synonyms & Similar Words

• voyage
• cruise
• crossing
• sail

4

as in excerpt

a part taken from a longer work

the news report quoted a passage from the novel

Synonyms & Similar Words

• excerpt
• extract
• quotation
• clip
• snippet
• context
• citation
• sound bite
• sample
• purple passage
• locus classicus
• selection
• longueur

5

as in process

forward movement in time or place

a swift passage from mere liking to actual love

Synonyms & Similar Words

• process
• progress
• progression
• advance
• procession
• advancement
• flow
• march
• going
• headway
• furtherance
• coming
• onrush
• leap
• stream
• approach
• arrival
• drift
• current
• flux
• advent
• way
• step
• jump
• impetus
• nearing
• stride
• momentum
• bound

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• retreat
• regression
• recess
• recession
• retrogression
• return
• ebb
• regress
• reflux
• reversal
• retraction
• reverse
• backwash
• turnaround
• turnabout
• about-face

6

as in death

the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities

weary of this world, he looked forward to the next and sought passage with poison

Synonyms & Similar Words

• death
• fate
• demise
• passing
• doom
• dissolution
• exit
• end
• expiration
• sleep
• grave
• curtains
• decease
• expiry
• quietus
• suicide
• destruction
• assassination
• great divide
• fatality
• ending
• execution
• martyrdom
• casualty
• slaughter
• annihilation
• extermination
• killing
• massacre
• self-slaughter
• self-destruction
• self-murder
• ruin

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• birth
• life
• existence
• creation
• nativity
• rise
• genesis
• origination

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of passage

That posting also got questions about the 40-month intervals, as well as blowback for the reminder of the passage of time. — Mike Snider, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026

Metalpoint is delicate by comparison with ink, almost weblike; but in both cases, the drawings are unraveling clusters and skeins, with passages both tight and loose. — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

The spacecraft was actually the twin of NASA's Pioneer 10 probe, which launched toward Jupiter in March 1972 on a mission to prove spacecraft could survive passage through the asteroid belt and the harsh radiation environment at Jupiter. — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026

The House will use a fast-track process that requires two-thirds support for passage, signaling that House GOP leadership believes the Senate bill will pass. — John Wilkerson, STAT, 1 Sep. 2026

Phrases Containing passage

• bird of passage