passenger
/ˈpasɪndʒə
/noun
1A traveller on a public or private conveyance other than the driver, pilot, or crew: more than 50 passengers escaped injury when a train was derailed [as modifier]: a passenger ferry...
- The driver and his passengers escaped unhurt when the brick was thrown through a small side window.
- Long gone are the days when such vehicle and passenger ferries meant basic travel.
- A passenger escaped serious injury after a bus was attacked on a Keighley estate.
Synonyms
traveller, commuter, voyager, rider, fare payer, fare;
deck passenger, foot passenger
1.1chiefly British A member of a team or group who does far less effective work than the other members: he had been a superlative teacher but his health was gone and he was now a passenger
Synonyms
hanger-on, drone, idler, parasite
informal freeloader
Origin
Middle English: from the Old French adjective passager 'passing, transitory', used as a noun, from passage (see passage1).