PASSER (passer)
Dictionary entry overview: What does Passer mean?
• PASSER (noun)
The noun PASSER has 5 senses:
1. a person who passes by casually or by chance
2. a person who passes as a member of a different ethnic or racial group
3. a student who passes an examination
4. (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward pass
5. type genus of the Passeridae
Familiarity information: PASSER used as a noun is common.
Dictionary entry details
• PASSER (noun)
Meaning:
A person who passes by casually or by chance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
passer; passer-by; passerby
Hypernyms ("passer" is a kind of...):
footer; pedestrian; walker (a person who travels by foot)
Meaning:
A person who passes as a member of a different ethnic or racial group
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("passer" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Meaning:
A student who passes an examination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("passer" is a kind of...):
educatee; pupil; student (a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution)
examinee; testee (someone who is tested (as by an intelligence test or an academic examination))
Meaning:
(football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward pass
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
forward passer; passer
Hypernyms ("passer" is a kind of...):
ball carrier ((football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play)
Domain category:
football; football game (any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal)
Meaning:
Type genus of the Passeridae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Passer; Passer
Hypernyms ("Passer" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Passer"):
English sparrow; house sparrow; Passer domesticus (small hardy brown-and-grey bird native to Europe)
Passer montanus; tree sparrow (Eurasian sparrow smaller than the house sparrow)
Holonyms ("Passer" is a member of...):
family Passeridae; Passeridae (true sparrows: Old world birds formerly considered weaverbirds)
