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ticket

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of ticket

1 a small sheet of plastic, paper, or paperboard showing that the bearer has a claim to something (as admittance)

  • only people with tickets will be allowed past the front gates
Synonyms of ticket

check, coupon, pass, pasteboard
Words Related to ticket

certificate, note, token, voucher

2 a slip (as of paper or cloth) that is attached to something to identify or describe it

  • the price on the ticket is $20 more than the advertised price
Synonyms of ticket

label, marker, tag
Words Related to ticket

caption, legend

brand, emblem, hallmark, logo, mark, symbol, trademark

badge, decal, plaque, seal, stamp, sticker

3 the means or right of entering or participating in

  • people to whom a green card represents a ticket to a better life
Synonyms of ticket

access, accession, admission, admittance, door, doorway, entrance, entrée (or entree), entry, gateway, ingress, key, passport
Words Related to ticket

approval, authorization, certification, permission, qualification

open door, welcome mat
Near Antonyms of ticket

discharge, dismissal, ejection, expulsion, ouster, rejection, removal

4 something that allows someone to achieve a desired goal

  • that entry-level job could be her ticket to a career in big-time advertising
Synonyms of ticket

gateway, key, open sesame, passport, secret
Words Related to ticket

password

accomplishment, achievement, attainment, coup, success, triumph

approach, manner, means, method, style, system, technique, way

blueprint, design, ground plan, plan, program, scheme, strategy

ticket

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of ticket

to attach an identifying slip to

  • the attendant quickly ticketed my coat and handed the claim stub back to me
Synonyms of ticket

label, mark, tag
Words Related to ticket

caption, earmark, hallmark, stamp

call, designate, identify, name, tab

entitle, style, term, title

brand, stigmatize

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