passer-by

1. 1.

   a person who passes by casually or by chance

   Synonymspasserbypasser

   Broaderpedestrian

Questions about passer-by

What does passer-by mean?

passer-by means "a person who passes by casually or by chance".

How many syllables are in passer-by?

passer-by has 3 syllables and divides as pas-ser--by under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for passer-by?

Close synonyms include passerby, passer. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.