What is another word for driving?
Synonyms for driving
ˈdraɪ vɪŋdriv·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
drive, drivingnoun
hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver
"he sliced his drive out of bounds"
Synonyms:
thrust, driveway, drive, movement, private road, cause, crusade, effort, driving force, campaign, ride, parkwayAntonyms:
lethargic, undynamic, adynamic, unenrgeticdrivingadjective
the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal
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driveAntonyms:
unenrgetic, adynamic, lethargic, undynamicdriving, impulsiveadjective
having the power of driving or impelling
"a driving personal ambition"; "the driving force was his innate enthusiasm"; "an impulsive force"
Synonyms:
brainish, tearaway(a), impetuous, capricious, unprompted, impulsive, madcap, hotheaded, whimsicalAntonyms:
lethargic, adynamic, undynamic, unenrgeticdrivingadjective
acting with vigor
"responsibility turned the spoiled playboy into a driving young executive"
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impulsiveAntonyms:
adynamic, undynamic, unenrgetic, lethargic
Matched Categories
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
drivingadjective
Synonyms:
violent, forcible, impelling, impellent, propulsive, impulsivedrivingnoun
Synonyms:
guiding by reins, impulsion, propulsion, compulsion, forcing
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "driving":
drive, conduct, riding, driver, lead, motor, drivers, leading, leadership, driveability, conducting, ride, motorists
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#737 | drive | |
#1176 | lead | |
#1223 | cause | |
#1465 | leading | |
#1698 | driver | |
#1992 | effort | |
#1999 | motor | |
#2023 | driving | |
#2171 | campaign | |
#2231 | leadership | |
#2293 | movement | |
#2624 | drivers | |
#2645 | conduct | |
#2968 | ride | |
#4506 | riding | |
#7338 | conducting | |
#11054 | parkway | |
#12572 | thrust | |
#16531 | driveway | |
#18225 | crusade | |
#22526 | motorists | |
#27639 | whimsical | |
#40416 | impulsive | |
#45715 | capricious | |
#65029 | madcap | |
#83664 | impetuous | |
#148860 | driveability | |
#188637 | unprompted | |
#283110 | hotheaded |
How to use driving in a sentence?
For me, it's all about driving. The fairways are generous in some spots. Some holes are narrow. But you've got to hit the fairways here, the rough is pretty penal. It's not super deep, but it's just really thick, and you've just got to drive it straight. I like the golf course. It sets up well for me. I feel like I can drive it good around here.
It doesn't sound very nefarious, just a lack of common sense, driving under the influence, making wrong choices.
We were able to do 50% more office hours with founders than an in-person batch. It turns out that all of that driving and parking and looking for meeting room just generated so much inefficiency.
Democrat Congressman Joe Courtney:
This is about really having the type of stealth and the type of reach which the strategic environment requires, china’s missile force is really, in my opinion, the real reason that’s driving this decision, because surface ships right now are so vulnerable.
Living with a conscience is like driving a car with the brakes on.
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