Synonyms for passage
ˈpæs ɪdʒpas·sage

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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

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1. passage

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

   Antonyms:
   chapter, book

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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, 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, passage

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, passage

6. passage, musical passagenoun

   a short section of a musical composition

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

10. passage, handing overnoun

    the act of passing something to another person

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

Matched Categories

1. • Change Of State
   • Journey
   • Law
   • Legislation
   • Movement
   • Musical Composition
   • Reaction
   • Section
   • Structure
   • Way

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1. passagenoun

   Synonyms:
   passing, transit

2. passagenoun

   Synonyms:
   road, path, way, avenue, pass, thoroughfare, channel, route

3. passagenoun

   Synonyms:
   act, deed, event, occurrence, feat, exploit

4. passagenoun

   Synonyms:
   clause, sentence, paragraph, text

5. passagenoun

   Synonyms:
   corridor, entry, entry way

6. passagenoun

   Synonyms:
   enactment, passing

7. passagenoun

   Synonyms:
   (Music.) phrase, part of an air

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1. passagenoun

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "passage":

   crossing, adoption, duct, pass, step, transition, changeover, passing, portion, safelane, change-over, passageway, transit, enactment, shift, promulgation, corridor, crossings, traffic, move, paso, switch-over

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1. Alveda King:

   What Kamala Harris didn’t say: Reportedly, over 60 million babies have died by abortions in America since the killing of babies in the womb became legal with the passage of Roe V Wade in 1973, added to their deaths are the physical, mental and spiritual trauma many mothers have documented after those abortions. Abortion is death care; not health care. It’s time to end the killing.

2. Melissa Murray:

   You don't have an opportunity to object to the passage of those restrictive laws in your home state if there are suppressive voter laws -- and of course there are suppressive voter laws, in part because The US Supreme Court has dismantled the Voting Rights Act preclearance regime, the US Supreme Court has absented The US Supreme Court from the question of partisan gerrymandering, so there's no federal court solution. The US Supreme Court's really left to the states to deal with those issues. And The US Supreme Court's a bit like allowing a burglar to correct whatever he's stolen when he's burgled your home.

3. Senator Charles H. Percy:

   The means we use to achieve our objectives in this world define the type of world we are going to live in. (speaking in deliberations prior to the passage of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act)

4. President Biden:

   Secretary of State Blinken is leading the continued diplomatic efforts to ensure a safe passage for any American, Afghan partner, or foreign national who wants to leave Afghanistan.

5. Randy Forbes:

   The passage of U.S. vessels within 12 nautical miles of China's man-made features in the South China Sea is a necessary and overdue response to China's destabilising behavior in the region.