Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
ticket (noun)1.
a) a document that serves as a certificate, license, or permit , especially a mariner's or airman's certificate
b) - tag label
2.
a) a certificate or token showing that a fare or admission fee has been paid
b) a means of access or passage - education is the ticket to a good job
3.
a list of candidates for nomination or election - slate
4.
the correct or desirable thing - cooperation, that's the ticket K. E. Trombley
5.
a slip or card recording a transaction or undertaking or giving instructions - a savings deposit ticket
6.
a summons or warning issued to a traffic-law violator
transitive verb
1.
to attach a ticket to - label , also - designate
2.
to furnish or serve with a ticket - ticketed for illegal parking
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
ticket (noun)1.
a small sheet of plastic, paper, or paperboard showing that the bearer has a claim to something (as admittance)
SYNONIMS:
check, coupon, pass, pasteboardRELATED WORDS:
certificate, note, token, voucher2.
a slip (as of paper or cloth) that is attached to something to identify or describe it
SYNONIMS:
marker, tag, ticketRELATED WORDS:
caption, legend; brand, emblem, hallmark, logo, mark, symbol, trademark; badge, decal, plaque, seal, stamp, sticker3.
the means or right of entering or participating in
SYNONIMS:
access, accession, admission, admittance, door, doorway, entrée ( entree), entry, gateway, ingress, key, passport, ticketRELATED WORDS:
approval, authorization, certification, permission, qualification; open door, welcome matNEAR ANTONYMS:
discharge, dismissal, ejection, expulsion, ouster, rejection, removal4.
something that allows someone to achieve a desired goal
SYNONIMS:
gateway, key, open sesame, secret, ticketRELATED WORDS:
password; accomplishment, achievement, attainment, coup, success, triumph; approach, manner, means, method, style, system, technique, way; blueprint, design, ground plan, plan, program, scheme, strategyto attach an identifying slip to
SYNONIMS:
mark, tag, ticketRELATED WORDS:
caption, earmark, hallmark, stamp; call, designate, identify, name, tab; entitle, style, term, title; brand, stigmatize