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Antonyms for passage
ˈpæs ɪdʒpas·sage

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English Synonyms and Antonyms3.5 / 2 votes

  1. passage

    A career was originally the ground for a race, or, especially, for a knight's charge in tournament or battle; whence career was early applied to the charge itself.

    If you will use the lance, take ground for your career.... The four horsemen met in full career.

    Scott Quentin Durward ch. 14, p. 194. [D. F. & CO.]

    In its figurative use career signifies some continuous and conspicuous work, usually a life-work, and most frequently one of honorable achievement. Compare BUSINESS.

    Synonyms:
    career, charge, course, flight, line of achievement, public life, race, rush

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms4.5 / 2 votes

  1. passage

    Antonyms:
    chapter, book

    Synonyms:
    journey, thoroughfare, road, course, avenue, route, channel, clause, phrase, sentence, paragraph

Princeton's WordNet1.3 / 3 votes

  1. passage, transitionnoun

    the act of passing from one state or place to the next

    Synonyms:
    passing, handing over, transit, changeover, transition, modulation, passageway, conversion, enactment, musical passage

  2. passagenoun

    a section of text; particularly a section of medium length

    Synonyms:
    transit, transition, enactment, passageway, musical passage, handing over, passing

  3. passagenoun

    a way through or along which someone or something may pass

    Synonyms:
    transit, transition, enactment, passageway, musical passage, handing over, passing

  4. enactment, passagenoun

    the passing of a law by a legislative body

    Synonyms:
    act, musical passage, characterization, handing over, transit, transition, personation, passing, passageway, portrayal, enactment

  5. passage, transitnoun

    a journey usually by ship

    "the outward passage took 10 days"

    Synonyms:
    passing, handing over, transportation, transit, transition, theodolite, transportation system, passageway, enactment, musical passage

  6. passage, musical passagenoun

    a short section of a musical composition

    Synonyms:
    passing, handing over, transit, transition, passageway, enactment, musical passage

  7. passage, passagewaynoun

    a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass

    "the nasal passages"

    Synonyms:
    passing, handing over, transit, transition, passageway, enactment, musical passage

  8. passage, passingnoun

    a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another

    "the passage of air from the lungs"; "the passing of flatus"

    Synonyms:
    passing, qualifying, departure, transition, handing over, loss, passageway, enactment, going, release, exit, passing play, passing game, musical passage, expiration, pass, transit, overtaking

  9. passing, passagenoun

    the motion of one object relative to another

    "stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets"

    Synonyms:
    passing, qualifying, departure, transition, handing over, loss, passageway, enactment, going, release, exit, passing play, passing game, pass, musical passage, expiration, transit, overtaking

  10. passage, handing overnoun

    the act of passing something to another person

    Synonyms:
    passing, handing over, transit, transition, passageway, enactment, musical passage

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. passagenoun

    Synonyms:
    transit, fare, clause, sentence, paragraph, enactment, corridor, hall, gangway, slype, pass, defile

How to use passage in a sentence?

  1. Josh Morris:

    The goal is to try and find the chimney, drill some bolts, put some ropes in and rappel down into different chimneys to wiggle down into the cave maze to see if we can get to the main passage, the key is finding the right hole. If you find the right hole it may not take very long. It's just whether you can find the right hole because they are all over the hillside.

  2. Phil Watson:

    Modern gun laws became a political flashpoint in the late 1960s through the current day withthe passage of several new state and federal gun laws. The dividing lines became more clear in the 1990s with a controversial ban on the production of semi-automatic rifles.

  3. Kate Bedingfield:

    Vice President Biden has dedicated Vice President Biden public life to changing the culture and the laws around violence against women. Vice President Biden authored and fought for the passage and reauthorization of the landmark Violence Against Women Act. Vice President Biden firmly believes that women have a right to be heard - and heard respectfully, such claims should also be diligently reviewed by an independent press. What is clear about this claim : it is untrue. This absolutely did not happen.

  4. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

    **(C)(P) BOOK- IN THE PASSAGE OF TIME-LOSING YOUR LOVED ONES-TEACHES ME THIS TRUTH:- WITH MUCH WISDOM COMES SORROW. SORROW MAKES ONE ASK-WHAT ARE WE TOILING FOR? WHY WORRY? I KNOW THAT I MAY SAVE OTHERS, BUT MYSELF I CANNOT SAVE. JAH IS MY ROCK!

  5. Justin Berry:

    We were responding to a riot, people throwing Molotov cocktails at us, frozen water bottles, bottles filled with urine, bottles full of gasoline, and they were engaging in criminal activity by obstructing the passage road that goes to the main hospital.

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