noun

passenger

PAS-ihn-juh

noun

A person travelling in a vehicle who is not driving or working as crew.

"The bus can carry up to fifty passengers."

"She sat in the passenger seat and navigated."

A team member who fails to contribute their fair share of effort.

"The manager complained that two players were just passengers this season."

How to Use Passenger

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishSomeone riding along rather than driving or steering — literally in a vehicle, or figuratively in a team.

Common pairings

passenger seat passenger train become a passenger

passengered past tense, passengers plural, passengers singular

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The bus can carry up to fifty _____.

From Old French passagier, with an extra "n" that crept in the way it did in "messenger."

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