Synonyms and Antonyms of passage
1
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
bypath, byway, lane, laneway [British]
artery, boulevard, bypass, drive, expressway, freeway, high road, highway, pass, passageway, pike, road, roadway, routeway [chiefly British], row, street, thoroughfare, turnpike
walk, walkway
trace, track, trail
airway
bikeway, cycleway [British]
channel, gat, watercourse, waterway
door, doorway, gate, gateway, hatch, portal
2
a going from one place to another usually of some distance
- an arduous passage across the country
commutation, commute, errand, excursion, flight, hop, jaunt, junket, outing, sally, sortie, tour
cruise, sail, voyage
drive, ride, spin
grand tour, odyssey, pilgrimage, progress, quest, safari
hike, slog, tramp, walk, walkabout
3
a journey over water in a vessel
- the passage to Britain requires several days
4
a part taken from a longer work
- the news report quoted a passage from the novel
5
forward movement in time or place
- a swift passage from mere liking to actual love
advance, advancement, furtherance, going, headway, march, onrush, process, procession, progress, progression
current, drift, flow, flux, stream, way
advent, approach, arrival, coming, nearing
bound, jump, leap, step, stride
impetus, momentum
6
the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities
- weary of this world, he looked forward to the next and sought passage with poison
curtains, death, decease, demise, dissolution, doom, end, exit, expiration, expiry, fate, grave, great divide, passing, quietus, sleep
casualty, fatality
martyrdom, self-destruction, self-murder, self-slaughter, suicide
annihilation, destruction, ending, extermination, ruin
assassination, execution, killing, massacre, slaughter
