PASSPORT Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

passport

noun

ˈpas-ˌpȯrt

Definition of passport

as in ticket

something that allows someone to achieve a desired goal meeting that movie director could be your passport to a big acting career

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as in access

the means or right of entering or participating in to its followers, the cult seemed like their passport to heaven

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Recent Examples of passport In addition, Mud Jeans is working with Route Circulair to set up the first national deposit system for clothing in the Netherlands, linked to a digital product passport. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026 This includes the career passport and common cloud data platform, for example. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2026 The passport is designed to encourage visitors to make a day or a weekend out of their pursuit, Visit Independence said in a statement. — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026 More recently, in 2023, Belarusian embassies abroad stopped extending or renewing passports entirely, putting dissidents who fled the country in a similar bind to those from Myanmar. — Andrew Nachemson, The Dial, 22 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for passport

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Noun

Days later, facing the credible threat of losing a third consecutive star on the eve of ticket sales opening, Boston moved, agreeing to a record $331 million deal.

— Chris Koras, Sportico.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Green will also donate $1 from every ticket sold to each participating school to aid student and school programs.

— Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of ticket

Noun

Other recent charges have alleged that hundreds of investors were lured in by claims private fund advisers could grant them access to companies including Anduril, Anthropic, Perplexity, and others as valuations have skyrocketed.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
Each bungalow has a deck—most with direct beach access—as well as its own golf cart and bikes for exploring the 96-acre island.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of access

Noun

Your room key arrives with a sleeve of vintage postcards depicting scenes from the late 1800s era of the Olde Naples Hotel.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026
The front pockets are the perfect size for your phone, sunglasses, or keys and keep the minimalist design from looking too plain.

— Irene Richardson, InStyle, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of key

Noun

The captain managed to open the cockpit door, allowing passengers to enter and restrain the attacker.

— SAM MEDNICK, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
Inside the cabin, extensive additional sound deadening in the doors, trunk and wheel arches means phone calls and passenger conversations are entirely effortless at highway speeds.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of door

Noun

India’s major container gateways are moving substantial volumes as more merchandise floods out of the country.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026
Researchers treat the mouth as a gateway to whole-body health, and people who keep their teeth into old age tend to outlive those who don’t.

— Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of gateway

Noun

The question put to the Nordic nation of nearly 400,000 was whether Iceland should resume accession negotiations with the European Union.

— Azhar Sukri, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2026
Iceland’s foreign minister told local media that the negotiations to reach an accession deal could take 18 months.

— Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of accession

Noun

Asian cinema accounts for 96 films, women directed 41, and 20 are official entries for the international feature category at the 99th Academy Awards.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026
Prince’s Folk Songs greet visitors upon entry with an equally muscular confrontation with industrial excess.

— Tina M. Campt, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of entry

Noun

Investigators found blood near the front entrance, and surveillance footage released by the FBI showed a masked person approaching the property and interfering with a security camera.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026
Though not in the city center, the quiet residential location at the entrance to Marseille’s port is convenient—a downtown bus stops at the front door, and the Plage des Catalans is a five-minute walk away.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of entrance

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