/ Thesaurus / E Synonyms of en passant Find synonyms for: Noun1. en passant, captureusage: (chess) a chess pawn that is moved two squares can be captured by an opponent's pawn commanding the square that was passedAdverb1. in passing, en passantusage: incidentally; in the course of doing something else; "he made this remark in passing"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: pundit Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language