Drive definition

Drive as a verb

1. operate or control a vehicle

   "drive a car or bus"

2. travel or be transported in a vehicle

   Same sense: motor

3. cause someone or something to move by driving

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

   "He drives me mad"

   Same sense: force, ram

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

   "She is driven by her passion"

6. cause to move back by force or influence

   Same sense: force back, beat back, push back, repel, repulse

7. compel somebody to do something, often against their own will or judgment

8. push, propel, or press with force

   "Drive a nail into the wall"

9. cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force

   "drive the ball far out into the field"

10. strive and make an effort to reach a goal

    Same sense: push, labor, labour, tug

11. move into a desired direction of discourse

    Same sense: get, aim

12. have certain properties when driven

    "My new truck drives well"

    Same sense: ride

13. work as a driver

    "He drives a bread truck"

14. move by being propelled by a force

15. urge forward

    "drive the cows into the barn"

16. proceed along in a vehicle

    "We drive the turnpike to work"

    Same sense: take

17. strike with a driver, as in teeing off

    "drive a golf ball"

18. hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally

    "drive a ball"

19. excavate horizontally

    "drive a tunnel"

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

    "The amplifier drives the tube"

21. (hunting) search for game

    "drive the forest"

22. (hunting) chase from cover into more open ground

    "drive the game"

Drive as a noun

23. the act of applying force to propel something

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

    Same sense: driving force, thrust

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

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

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

    "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"

    Same sense: cause, campaign, movement, effort, crusade

26. a road leading up to a private house

    "they parked in the driveway"

    Same sense: private road, driveway

27. the trait of being highly motivated

    "his drive and energy exhausted his co-workers"

28. hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver

    "he sliced his drive out of bounds"

    Same sense: driving

29. the act of driving a herd of animals overland

30. a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)

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

    Same sense: ride

31. a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire

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

33. a wide scenic road planted with trees

    "the riverside drive offers many exciting scenic views"

    Same sense: parkway

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

Synonyms and antonyms

• motor
• force definition
• ram
• force back
• beat back
• push back
• repel
• repulse
• push
• labor
• labour
• tug
• get definition
• aim
• ride
• take definition
• driving force
• thrust
• cause definition
• campaign
• movement
• effort
• crusade
• private road

How to say drive

Drive has 1 syllable and rhymes with live. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with drive

• live
• five
• alive
• survive
• arrive
• dive
• archive
• thrive
• strive
• revive
• derive
• hive

DRIVE in word games

Scrabble

9

Words With Friends

10

Anagrams

2

Is DRIVE a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check DRIVE in the word checker, or unscramble DRIVE to see its 2 anagrams and the shorter words in its letters.