Synonyms for drive
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1. drivenoun

   To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.

   I drive to work every day.

   Synonyms:
   take

2. drivenoun

   Synonyms:
   impetus, impulse, urge, desire

3. drivenoun

   Synonyms:
   disk drive

4. drivenoun

   Synonyms:
   line drive

5. drivenoun

   To herd (animals) in a particular direction.

   Crassus had wealth and wit, but Pompey had drive and Caesar as much again.

   Synonyms:
   enthusiasm, herd, motivation, ambition, verve, self-motivation, get-up-and-go

   Antonyms:
   laziness, inertia, phlegm, sloth

6. drivenoun

   To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.

   Napoleon's drive on Moscow was as determined as it was disastrous.

   Synonyms:
   attack, push

7. drivenoun

   To cause animals to flee out of.

   The beaters drove the brambles, causing a great rush of rabbits and other creatures.

   Synonyms:
   motor, mechanism, engine

8. driveverb

   To move (something) by hitting it with great force.

   It was a long drive.

   Synonyms:
   spin, push, force, trip, ride

9. drivenoun

   A driveway.

   The pistons drive the crankshaft.

   Synonyms:
   move, operate, driveway, approach

10. driveverb

    A type of public roadway.

    Beverly Hills’ most famous street is Rodeo Drive.

    Synonyms:
    road, avenue, street, boulevard

11. driveverb

    To motivate; to provide an incentive for.

    What drives a person to run a marathon?

    Synonyms:
    motivate, incentivize, push, impel, incentivise, urge

12. driveverb

    An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk, as a floppy drive.

    Their debts finally drove them to sell the business.

    Synonyms:
    compel, oblige, push, require, force

13. driveverb

    To cause to become.

    Synonyms:
    make, send

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. drive

   To drive is to move an object with some force or violence before or away from oneself; it is the direct reverse of draw, lead, etc. A man leads a horse by the halter, drives him with whip and rein. One may be driven to a thing or from it; hence, drive is a synonym equally for compel or for repel or repulse. Repulse is stronger and more conclusive than repel; one may be repelled by the very aspect of the person whose favor he seeks, but is not repulsed except by the direct refusal or ignoring of his suit. A certain conventional modern usage, especially in England, requires us to say that we drive in a carriage, ride upon a horse; tho in Scripture we read of riding in a chariot (2 Kings ix, 16; Jer. xvii, 25, etc.); good examples of the same usage may be found abundantly in the older English. The propriety of a person's saying that he is going to drive when he is simply to be conveyed in a carriage, where some one else, as the coachman, does all the driving, is exceedingly questionable. Many good authorities prefer to use ride in the older and broader sense as signifying to be supported and borne along by any means of conveyance. Compare BANISH; COMPEL; INFLUENCE.

   See synonyms for DRAW.

   Synonyms:
   compel, impel, propel, push, repel, repulse, resist, ride, thrust, urge on

   Preposition:
   Drive to market; to despair; drive into exile; from one's presence; out of the city; drive by, with, or under the lash; drive by or past beautiful estates; along the beach; beside the river; through the park; across the field; around the square; to the door; into the barn; out of the sunshine.

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1. drive, thrust, driving forcenoun

   the act of applying force to propel something

   "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off"

   Synonyms:
   stab, driveway, jab, crusade, effort, knife thrust, driving, driving force, parkway, thrust, movement, jabbing, thrusting, campaign, ride, cause, private road, poke, push, poking

2. drivenoun

   a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine

   "a variable speed drive permitted operation through a range of speeds"

   Synonyms:
   thrust, driveway, movement, private road, cause, crusade, driving, effort, driving force, campaign, ride, parkway

3. campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effortnoun

   a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

   "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort"

   Synonyms:
   political campaign, motility, driveway, thrust, exertion, case, reason, movement, apparent motion, private road, exploit, elbow grease, motion, attempt, causal agent, driving force, move, apparent movement, grounds, front, bowel movement, driving, cause, bm, causa, military campaign, travail, crusade, trend, feat, endeavour, parkway, social movement, sweat, safari, ride, run, campaign, drift, try, hunting expedition, effort, causal agency, lawsuit, endeavor, suit

4. driveway, drive, private roadnoun

   a road leading up to a private house

   "they parked in the driveway"

   Synonyms:
   thrust, effort, driveway, driving, movement, parkway, cause, crusade, private road, driving force, campaign, ride

5. drivenoun

   the trait of being highly motivated

   "his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers"

   Synonyms:
   thrust, driveway, movement, private road, cause, crusade, driving, effort, driving force, campaign, ride, parkway

6. drive, drivingnoun

   hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver

   "he sliced his drive out of bounds"

   Synonyms:
   thrust, driveway, movement, private road, cause, crusade, driving, effort, driving force, campaign, ride, parkway

7. drivenoun

   the act of driving a herd of animals overland

   Synonyms:
   thrust, driveway, movement, private road, cause, crusade, driving, effort, driving force, campaign, ride, parkway

8. drive, ridenoun

   a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)

   "he took the family for a drive in his new car"

   Synonyms:
   thrust, driveway, movement, private road, cause, crusade, driving, effort, driving force, campaign, ride, parkway

9. drivenoun

   a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire

   Synonyms:
   thrust, driveway, movement, private road, cause, crusade, driving, effort, driving force, campaign, ride, parkway

10. drivenoun

    (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium

    Synonyms:
    thrust, driveway, movement, private road, cause, crusade, driving, effort, driving force, campaign, ride, parkway

11. drive, parkwaynoun

    a wide scenic road planted with trees

    "the riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views"

    Synonyms:
    thrust, driveway, movement, private road, cause, crusade, driving, effort, driving force, campaign, ride, parkway

12. driveverb

    (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)

    Synonyms:
    thrust, driveway, movement, private road, cause, crusade, driving, effort, driving force, campaign, ride, parkway

13. driveverb

    operate or control a vehicle

    "drive a car or bus"; "Can you drive this four-wheel truck?"

    Synonyms:
    labour, get, labor, ride, repulse, push, repel, aim, force back, tug, ram, motor, beat back, take, push back, force

14. drive, motorverb

    travel or be transported in a vehicle

    "We drove to the university every morning"; "They motored to London for the theater"

    Synonyms:
    push back, push, aim, force, tug, repel, labour, repulse, motor, get, ride, take, ram, beat back, force back, labor

15. driveverb

    cause someone or something to move by driving

    "She drove me to school every day"; "We drove the car to the garage"

    Synonyms:
    labour, get, labor, ride, repulse, push, repel, aim, force back, tug, ram, motor, beat back, take, push back, force

16. force, drive, ramverb

    force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically

    "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad"

    Synonyms:
    tug, pressure, force back, thrust, get, ram, crash, hale, jam, take, impel, repel, cram, aim, storm, pull, coerce, ride, pound, chock up, wad, ram down, labour, motor, squeeze, push, repulse, force, draw, labor, wedge, jampack, push back, beat back

17. driveverb

    to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly

    "She is driven by her passion"

    Synonyms:
    labour, get, labor, ride, repulse, push, repel, aim, force back, tug, ram, motor, beat back, take, push back, force

18. repel, drive, repulse, force back, push back, beat backverb

    cause to move back by force or influence

    "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders"

    Synonyms:
    push back, tug, push, gross out, aim, force, rebuff, repel, labour, revolt, take, repulse, motor, fight off, disgust, get, drive back, ride, labor, ram, beat back, snub, force back

19. driveverb

    compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment

    "She finally drove him to change jobs"

    Synonyms:
    labour, get, labor, ride, repulse, push, repel, aim, force back, tug, ram, motor, beat back, take, push back, force

20. driveverb

    push, propel, or press with force

    "Drive a nail into the wall"

    Synonyms:
    labour, get, labor, ride, repulse, push, repel, aim, force back, tug, ram, motor, beat back, take, push back, force

21. driveverb

    cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force

    "drive the ball far out into the field"

    Synonyms:
    labour, get, labor, ride, repulse, push, repel, aim, force back, tug, ram, motor, beat back, take, push back, force

22. tug, labor, labour, push, driveverb

    strive and make an effort to reach a goal

    "She tugged for years to make a decent living"; "We have to push a little to make the deadline!"; "She is driving away at her doctoral thesis"

    Synonyms:
    fight, force back, crowd, lug, get, dig, ram, drudge, moil, press, tug, agitate, advertize, take, repel, aim, promote, travail, crusade, labour, motor, advertise, grind, bear on, repulse, labor, force, ride, push, campaign, tote, push back, toil, beat back

23. drive, get, aimverb

    move into a desired direction of discourse

    "What are you driving at?"

    Synonyms:
    take, make, start, mystify, experience, develop, take aim, force, draw, have, become, sustain, receive, calculate, scram, beat back, go, stimulate, sire, engender, fix, pay back, repulse, stick, suffer, beat, force back, set about, get down, incur, contract, bring forth, grow, shoot for, dumbfound, stupefy, push back, point, train, arrest, propose, ride, bring, bewilder, mother, motor, buzz off, catch, let, obtain, beget, puzzle, flummox, get, aspire, generate, labour, find, amaze, baffle, produce, draw a bead on, vex, start out, pose, capture, aim, induce, direct, perplex, get under one's skin, gravel, begin, fetch, labor, ram, father, repel, commence, target, arrive, set out, convey, purpose, acquire, come, pay off, purport, bugger off, tug, cause, push, place, nonplus

24. drive, rideverb

    have certain properties when driven

    "This car rides smoothly"; "My new truck drives well"

    Synonyms:
    tug, force back, sit, get, tease, ram, depend upon, tantalise, take, rally, repel, hinge on, turn on, aim, ride, depend on, devolve on, hinge upon, labour, motor, razz, push, tantalize, repulse, cod, taunt, rag, labor, mount, force, push back, bait, twit, beat back

25. driveverb

    work as a driver

    "He drives a bread truck"; "She drives for the taxi company in Newark"

    Synonyms:
    labour, get, labor, ride, repulse, push, repel, aim, force back, tug, ram, motor, beat back, take, push back, force

26. driveverb

    move by being propelled by a force

    "The car drove around the corner"

    Synonyms:
    labour, get, labor, ride, repulse, push, repel, aim, force back, tug, ram, motor, beat back, take, push back, force

27. driveverb

    urge forward

    "drive the cows into the barn"

    Synonyms:
    labour, get, labor, ride, repulse, push, repel, aim, force back, tug, ram, motor, beat back, take, push back, force

28. drive, takeverb

    proceed along in a vehicle

    "We drive the turnpike to work"

    Synonyms:
    require, take, read, occupy, subscribe to, withdraw, make, lead, ingest, take on, carry, deal, assume, have, hold, choose, study, learn, fill, exact, necessitate, beat back, consume, hire, consider, need, rent, pick out, force back, ram, contract, adopt, film, remove, repel, push back, lease, take aim, take up, ride, bring, strike, use up, repulse, motor, select, push, claim, demand, train, get, get hold of, labour, take away, pack, call for, take in, submit, force, shoot, aim, direct, charter, contain, labor, subscribe, convey, involve, acquire, look at, postulate, accept, guide, admit, tug, engage, ask, conduct

29. driveverb

    strike with a driver, as in teeing off

    "drive a golf ball"

    Synonyms:
    labour, get, labor, ride, repulse, push, repel, aim, force back, tug, ram, motor, beat back, take, push back, force

30. driveverb

    hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally

    "drive a ball"

    Synonyms:
    labour, get, labor, ride, repulse, push, repel, aim, force back, tug, ram, motor, beat back, take, push back, force

31. driveverb

    excavate horizontally

    "drive a tunnel"

    Synonyms:
    labour, get, labor, ride, repulse, push, repel, aim, force back, tug, ram, motor, beat back, take, push back, force

32. driveverb

    cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling

    "The amplifier drives the tube"; "steam drives the engines"; "this device drives the disks for the computer"

    Synonyms:
    labour, get, labor, ride, repulse, push, repel, aim, force back, tug, ram, motor, beat back, take, push back, force

33. driveverb

    hunting: search for game

    "drive the forest"

    Synonyms:
    labour, get, labor, ride, repulse, push, repel, aim, force back, tug, ram, motor, beat back, take, push back, force

34. driveverb

    hunting: chase from cover into more open ground

    "drive the game"

    Synonyms:
    labour, get, labor, ride, repulse, push, repel, aim, force back, tug, ram, motor, beat back, take, push back, force

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1. • Computer Science
   • Device
   • Drive
   • Driving
   • Excavate
   • Force
   • Golf
   • Golf Stroke
   • Hit
   • Journey
   • Make
   • Mechanism
   • Mining
   • Move
   • Operate
   • Physical Condition
   • Power
   • Propel
   • Push
   • Sport
   • Throw
   • Trait
   • Transport
   • Transportation
   • Travel
   • Work

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1. propels

   drive, push, or cause to move in a particular direction, typically forward

   Submitted by anonymous on July 20, 2020  

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1. driveverb

   Synonyms:
   impel

2. driveverb

   Synonyms:
   hurl, send, propel

3. driveverb

   Synonyms:
   force, oblige, coerce, compel

4. driveverb

   Synonyms:
   press, urge

5. driveverb

   Synonyms:
   prosecute, carry on

6. driveverb

   Synonyms:
   guide (by reins)

7. driveverb

   Synonyms:
   take in a carriage, carry on a drive

8. driveverb

   Synonyms:
   be forced along, be impelled, be urged forward

9. driveverb

   Synonyms:
   rush, go furiously

10. driveverb

    Synonyms:
    ride in a carriage

11. driveverb

    Synonyms:
    (Naut.) scud, drift

12. drivenoun

    Synonyms:
    airing, ride

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1. driveverb

   Synonyms:
   impel, force, compel, press, propel, send, rush, press, conduct, carry on

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1. List of paraphrases for "drive":

   unit, disk, unity, promenade, keng, disc, driving, parkway, drives, lead, path, driver, test-drive, units, campaign, reader, impetus, momentum, disks, boardwalk, disque, unidad, dynamism, walk, conduct, eglantine, push, trail, car, ride, stroll

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How to use drive in a sentence?

1. Harriet Beecher Stowe:

   Everyone confesses in the abstract that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us all; but practically most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do.

2. John Neuffer:

   We applaud President Trump's tweets supporting U.S. companies being able to sell products to China and opposing proposed regulations that would unduly curtail that ability, as we have discussed with the administration, sales of non-sensitive, commercial products to China drive semiconductor research and innovation, which is critical to America's economic strength and national security.

3. Keith Mitchell:

   I just feel like everything’s really working, my driver feels great, and around this place you’ve really got to drive it well. Really just trying to keep the ball in front of me right now and see what we can do tomorrow.

4. Dirk Langer:

   The map-based approach allows you to drive accurately in a controlled environment, where you know that things don't change much.

5. Sharon Love:

   They changed a whole mentality, with generations now thinking it's appalling to drink and drive. My generation didn't think anything of it, so we're hoping that relationship violence will be appalling behavior and something that you speak up against right away.