- passenger
- nounADJECTIVE▪ business-class, coach (= the cheapest seats in a plane or train) (AmE), economy-class, first-class▪ front-seat▪ back-seat (esp. AmE), rear-seat (esp. BrE)▪ air, airline, bus, coach (= on a coach/bus) (BrE), ferry, rail, subway (AmE), train, underground (BrE)▪ cruise▪ pillion (= riding on the back of a motorcycle) (BrE)▪ fellow▪
I soon got talking to my fellow passengers.
VERB + PASSENGER▪ carry, fly, transport▪Last year the airline carried 4.6 million passengers.
▪ board (esp. AmE), let on, pick up, take on▪Flight 717 began boarding passengers.
▪A taxi was picking up a passenger outside the hotel.
▪ drop off, let off, let out▪The bus stopped to let its passengers off.
▪ screen▪All airports in the country screen passengers for illicit drugs.
▪ accommodate▪The ship can accommodate 450 passengers.
▪ evacuate▪All the passengers had to be evacuated.
PASSENGER + VERB▪ wait▪The passengers were waiting to board the plane.
▪ be aboard (sth), fly, go in sth, go on sth, ride sth (AmE), ride in sth (AmE), travel in sth, travel on sth▪the first-class passengers aboard steamboats
▪ board (sth), come aboard (sth), embark (on sth), get on (sth), go aboard (sth)▪ disembark, get off, get out▪ arrive▪ be stranded▪Thousands of passengers were stranded last night at Heathrow airport.
PASSENGER + NOUN▪ cabin, compartment▪ door, window▪ seat, side▪There is no airbag on the passenger side.
▪ comfort, safety▪ aircraft, ferry, jet, liner, plane, ship, train, vehicle▪ car, van (both AmE)▪Sales of passenger cars grew by 22% last year.
▪ flight, services▪ numbers, traffic, volume▪Global air passenger traffic rose over 20%.
▪ capacity, load▪ area, station, terminal▪ list, recordsPREPOSITION▪ passenger for▪Will all passengers for Mumbai please go to Gate 21.
▪ passenger in▪the passengers in her car
▪ passenger on▪all the passengers on the ferry
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
