Synonyms for passer-by


Grammar : Noun
Spell : pas-er-bahy, -bahy, pah-ser-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæs ərˈbaɪ, -ˌbaɪ, ˈpɑ sər-


Définition of passer-by

Origin :
  • also passerby, 1560s, from agent noun of pass (v.) + by; earlier, this sense was in passager (see passenger).
  • As in eyewitness : noun person who sees an event occur
Example sentences :
  • It is the shadow of some passer-by thrown into relief on the light background.
  • Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre
  • This sound issued from the ragged individual, but the passer-by did not turn his head.
  • Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre
  • The cabman bought a torch from a passer-by, and stuck it in his whip-barrel.
  • Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
  • But no group is insistent that the passer-by should look at it.
  • Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various
  • How could the passer-by not be touched by the idea that the stone is so hard?
  • Extract from : « A Literary History of the English People » by Jean Jules Jusserand
  • Bewildered and oppressed, she touched a passer-by on the arm.
  • Extract from : « Good Old Anna » by Marie Belloc Lowndes
  • As he walked a passer-by could have seen that he was lame; he used a crutch.
  • Extract from : « Sue, A Little Heroine » by L. T. Meade
  • As he was about to return to the charge her Ladyship desired a passer-by to summon her carriage.
  • Extract from : « The Young Duke » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • One passer-by stopped to enquire if there was going to be a Battle of Flowers.
  • Extract from : « Jack of Both Sides » by Florence Coombe
  • Serfs were too likely to be questioned by the first passer-by who noticed them.
  • Extract from : « Millennium » by Everett B. Cole

Antonyms for passer-by

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