Synonyms of passages

passages

noun

plural of passage

1

as in routes

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

• routes
• paths
• roads
• approaches
• highways
• ways
• arteries
• avenues
• passageways
• walks
• trails
• thoroughfares
• roadways
• lanes
• tracks
• streets
• drives
• byways
• passes
• walkways
• boulevards
• rows
• turnpikes
• freeways
• expressways
• bypaths
• airways
• waterways
• pike
• routeways
• laneways
• channels
• watercourses
• bypasses
• doorways
• doors
• portals
• traces
• gates
• hatches
• high roads
• gateways
• cycleways
• bikeways
• gats

2

as in trips

a going from one place to another usually of some distance

an arduous passage across the country

Synonyms & Similar Words

• trips
• expeditions
• journeys
• travels
• excursions
• treks
• flights
• tours
• errands
• voyages
• peregrinations
• rides
• cruises
• sails
• commutes
• jaunts
• commutations
• sorties
• drives
• outings
• sallies
• pilgrimages
• quests
• odysseys
• hops
• walks
• hikes
• junkets
• spins
• progresses
• tramps
• grand tours
• safaris
• walkabouts
• slogs

3

as in voyages

a journey over water in a vessel

the passage to Britain requires several days

Synonyms & Similar Words

• voyages
• cruises
• crossings
• sails

4

as in excerpts

a part taken from a longer work

the news report quoted a passage from the novel

Synonyms & Similar Words

• excerpts
• extracts
• quotations
• snippets
• clips
• contexts
• citations
• sound bites
• samples
• purple passages
• longueurs
• selections
• loci classici

5

as in processes

forward movement in time or place

a swift passage from mere liking to actual love

Synonyms & Similar Words

• processes
• progressions
• processions
• advances
• progresses
• advancements
• goings
• marches
• flows
• headways
• streams
• onrushes
• steps
• furtherances
• leaps
• currents
• comings
• approaches
• drifts
• fluxes
• ways
• arrivals
• jumps
• strides
• bounds
• advents
• impetuses
• momenta

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• recesses
• regressions
• retreats
• recessions
• retrogressions
• reversals
• returns
• ebbs
• retractions
• backwashes
• reverses
• refluxes
• regresses
• turnarounds
• turnabouts
• about-faces

6

as in deaths

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

• deaths
• fates
• demises
• passings
• graves
• curtains
• exits
• dooms
• dissolutions
• ends
• expirations
• sleeps
• deceases
• assassinations
• endings
• quietuses
• destructions
• martyrdoms
• suicides
• fatalities
• great divides
• casualties
• ruins
• expiries
• executions
• massacres
• killings
• exterminations
• self-slaughters
• annihilations
• self-destructions
• self-murders
• slaughters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• births
• lives
• existences
• nativities
• creations
• rises
• originations
• geneses

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of passages

Because the watermark is embedded in the word choice itself, detection is more reliable with larger samples of text, whereas shorter passages and grammar and copy editing are unlikely to carry the watermark. — Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Khn went back and forth between guitar to bass parts, using his foot pedals to record and play live loop segments from each half of his axe, creating wonderfully rhythmic passages and walls of sounds. — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026

Accessibility Because the property is spread across historic adobe buildings with uneven pathways, stairs, and narrow passages, accessibility can vary significantly by room category. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Aug. 2026

Defenders of the books said the passages were taken out of context in works that needed to be considered in their entirety. — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026

And the newest of these is Czinger’s new BrakeNode, an integrated brake assembly that combines the caliper, upright, and passages for hydraulic fluid into a single structure made from Czinger’s aluminum alloy. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026

One of their slickest passages of play, midway through the first half, was a great illustration. — Cerys Jones, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026

Because of its theological significance and widespread use in preaching, public displays of faith, and popular culture, the verse is one of the most recognizable passages of Scripture. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Aug. 2026

Short passages may also provide too little material for reliable detection. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026