passage

The word “passage” has 2 syllables: pas-sage

It's pronounced as /ˈpæsɪdʒ/

What is synonym and antonym for passage?

In the thesaurus, “passage” has 186 synonyms and 32 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for passage along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for passage

acceptance
advance
advancement
advent
airway
allowance
annihilation
approach
arrival
artery
assassination
avenue
bikeway
boulevard
bound
bypass
bypath
byway
casualty
change
channel
citation
clause
clip
coming
commutation
commute
context
conversion
crossing
cruise
current
curtains
cycleway
death
decease
demise
destruction
dissolution
doom
door
doorway
drift
drive
end
ending
errand
establishment
excerpt
excursion
execution
exit
expedition
expiration
expiry
expressway
extermination
extract
fatality
fate
flight
flow
flux
freedom
freeway
furtherance
gat
gate
gateway
going
grand tour
grave
great divide
hatch
headway
high road
highway
hike
hop
impetus
jaunt
journey
jump
junket
killing
lane
laneway
leap
legalization
legislation
locus classicus
longueur
march
martyrdom
massacre
momentum
motion
movement
nearing
odyssey
onrush
outing
paragraph
pass
passageway
passing
passport
path
peregrination
permission
piece
pike
pilgrimage
portal
portion
process
procession
progress
progression
purple passage
quest
quietus
quotation
ratification
reading
ride
right
road
roadway
route
routeway
row
ruin
safari
safe-conduct
sail
sally
sample
section
selection
self-destruction
self-murder
self-slaughter
sentence
slaughter
sleep
slog
snippet
sortie
sound bite
spin
step
stream
street
stride
suicide
text
thoroughfare
tour
trace
track
trail
traject
tramp
transfer
transference
transit
transition
transmission
transmittal
transmittance
traverse
traversing
trek
trip
turnpike
verse
visa
voyage
walk
walkabout
walkway
warrant
watercourse
waterway
way

Antonyms for passage

about-face
backwash
birth
creation
denial
ebb
existence
genesis
idleness
inaction
life
nativity
origination
recess
recession
reflux
refusal
regress
regression
retraction
retreat
retrogression
return
reversal
reverse
rise
stagnation
turnabout
turnaround
veto
wait
whole

Meanings of passage

noun
1. A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning.
2. Part of a path or journey.
3. An incident or episode.
4. The official approval of a bill or act by a parliament.
5. The advance of time.
6. The use of tight brushwork to link objects in separate spatial plains. Commonly seen in Cubist works.
7. A passageway or corridor.
8. An underground cavity, formed by water or falling rocks, which is much longer than it is wide.
9. The vagina.
10. The act of passing; movement across or through.
11. The right to pass from one place to another.
12. A fee paid for passing or for being conveyed between places.
13. Serial passage, a technique used in bacteriology and virology.
14. A gambling game for two players using three dice, in which the object is to throw a double over ten.
15. A movement in classical dressage, in which the horse performs a very collected, energetic, and elevated trot that has a longer period of suspension between each foot fall than a working trot.
verb
1. To pass something, such as a pathogen or stem cell, through a host or medium.
2. To make a passage, especially by sea; to cross.
3. To execute a passage movement.
adjective
1. Describing a bird that has left the nest, is living on its own, but is less than a year old. (commonly used in falconry).

Example Sentences

The passage through the mountains was treacherous and difficult.
The ancient passage in the castle led to a secret room.
He read the passage from the book aloud to the class.
The boat sailed through a narrow passage between the islands.
The passage of the new law will have significant effects on the economy.

On this page you'll find 218 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to passage, such as: about-face, acceptance, advance, advancement, advent, airway, allowance.

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