Meaning & use
passenger
A person traveling in a vehicle, such as a car, bus, train, or plane, who is not driving it.
See it in a sentence
The bus driver checked that every passenger had a valid ticket before departing.
As a passenger, she watched the scenery pass by instead of watching the road.
A note on using this word
In British English, 'passenger' can also describe a team member who contributes little, as in 'he was a passenger in the project'.
Words with a similar meaning
ridertraveler
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Words with an opposite meaning
driverpilot
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