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The synonyms of “Drive” are: force, ram, ride, aim, get, beat back, force back, push back, repel, repulse, labor, labour, push, tug, motor, take, operate, pilot, steer, handle, manage, travel by car, go by car, maintain, keep, own, possess, have, chauffeur, run, give someone a lift, bring, ferry, transport, convey, carry, power, propel, move, hammer, screw, bang, pound, sink, plunge, thrust, stab, knock, send, drill, pierce, perforate, puncture, punch, cut, impel, urge, press, get going, compel, constrain, prompt, precipitate, catapult, work, exert, tax, driving, driving force, driveway, private road, campaign, cause, crusade, effort, movement, parkway, excursion, outing, trip, jaunt, tour, turn, road, thoroughfare, way, approach, access road, appetite, desire, need, motivation, ambition, single-mindedness, will power, dedication, doggedness, tenacity, enterprise, initiative, enthusiasm, zeal, commitment, aggression, aggressiveness, forcefulness, spirit, surge, appeal, tournament, competition, contest, event, match
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “drive” as a noun can have the following definitions:
access road | A way of entering or leaving. |
aggression | A feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack. Territorial aggression between individuals of the same species. |
aggressiveness | A feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack. Recent research has linked violent video games to increased aggressiveness in youths. |
ambition | Desire and determination to achieve success. He achieved his ambition of making a fortune. |
appeal | A request for donations to support a charity or cause. The right of appeal. |
appetite | A feeling of craving something. Her appetite for life. |
approach | A close approximation. The landowner made an approach to the developer. |
campaign | A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end. An election campaign. |
cause | A principle, aim, or movement to which one is committed and which one is prepared to defend or advocate. Forty five causes were entered in the list for the March session. |
commitment | A message that makes a pledge. With so many business commitments time for recreation was limited. |
competition | An occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants. Business competition can be fiendish at times. |
contest | An occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants. A leadership contest. |
crusade | Each of a series of medieval military expeditions made by Europeans to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries. The Albigensian crusades. |
dedication | The act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action. The hardback edition contained a fulsome dedication to his wife. |
desire | Something that is desired. They were clinging together in fierce desire. |
doggedness | Persistent determination. |
driveway | A short road leading from a public road to a house or other building. They parked in the driveway. |
driving | Hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver. He was convicted of reckless driving. |
driving force | Hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver. |
effort | A notable achievement. The war effort. |
enterprise | Initiative and resourcefulness. A state owned enterprise. |
enthusiasm | Something that arouses enthusiasm. Enthusiasm for his program is growing. |
event | A special set of circumstances. Staff have been holding a number of events to raise money for charity. |
excursion | A digression. A gantry controlled the radial and tangential excursion of each detector. |
forcefulness | Physical energy or intensity. A government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man. |
initiative | The power or opportunity to act or take charge before others do. Anti hunting groups have seized the initiative in the dispute. |
jaunt | A journey taken for pleasure. Her regular jaunts to Europe. |
match | The score needed to win a match. Stones of a perfect match and colour. |
motivation | A set of facts and arguments used in support of a proposal. Keep staff up to date and maintain interest and motivation. |
movement | A campaign undertaken by a political social or artistic movement. The second movement is slow and melodic. |
need | A state of extreme poverty or destitution. God has no need of men to accomplish His work. |
outing | A day devoted to an outdoor social gathering. A family outing to Weston super Mare. |
parkway | An open landscaped highway. Didcot Parkway. |
private road | An enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines. |
push | The force used in pushing. He gave the door a hard push. |
ride | A mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement. Their ride into town had dropped them off near the bridge. |
road | A railroad. He s well on the road to recovery. |
single-mindedness | Characterized by one unified purpose. |
spirit | The quality of courage, energy, and determination. The rule had been broken in spirit if not in letter. |
surge | A sudden powerful forward or upward movement, especially by a crowd or by a natural force such as the tide. Flooding caused by tidal surges. |
tenacity | The quality or fact of being very determined; determination. The tenacity of certain myths within the historical record. |
thoroughfare | A road or path forming a route between two places. A scheme to stop the park being used as a thoroughfare. |
tour | A period of time spent in military service. A tour of the White House. |
tournament | (in the Middle Ages) a sporting event in which two knights (or two groups of knights) jousted on horseback with blunted weapons, each trying to knock the other off, the winner receiving a prize. The Royal Tournament. |
trip | The distance from start to finish of a race. Sammy s gone on a school trip. |
turn | A place where a road meets or branches off another a turning. He took a turn to the right. |
urge | An instinctive motive. He felt the urge to giggle. |
way | A general category of things used in the expression in the way of. It s a long way to Moscow. |
will power | A legal document declaring a person’s wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die. |
zeal | Prompt willingness. His zeal for privatization. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “drive” as a verb can have the following definitions:
aim | Intend (something) to move towards a certain goal. She wanted to aim a pun. |
bang | Leap jerk bang. I banged my head on the low beams. |
beat back | Strike (a part of one’s own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music. |
bring | Go or come after and bring or take back. Bring comments. |
carry | Have on the surface or on the skin. This boat can only carry a small sail. |
catapult | Move suddenly or at great speed as though hurled by a catapult. The horse catapulted away from the fence. |
chauffeur | Drive (a car or a passenger in a car), typically as part of one’s job. She insisted on being chauffeured around. |
compel | Necessitate or exact. We compel all students to fill out this form. |
constrain | To close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement. Duty constrains one to act often contrary to one s desires or inclinations. |
convey | Transmit a title or property. She conveyed the message to me. |
cut | Cut and assemble the components of. He cut his toe on a sharp stone. |
drill | Produce a hole in something by or as if by boring with a drill. A power tool for drilling wood. |
exert | Make a physical or mental effort. Exert oneself. |
ferry | Travel by ferry. Ambulances ferried the injured to hospital. |
force | Take by force. Thieves tried to force open the cash register. |
force back | To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means. |
get | Take vengeance on or get even. Get nauseous. |
get going | Earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher. |
give someone a lift | Break down, literally or metaphorically. |
go by car | Progress by being changed. |
hammer | Hit or beat something repeatedly with a hammer or similar object. He got hammered for an honest mistake. |
handle | Handle effectively. He was going too fast and couldn t handle the car. |
have | Have or possess either in a concrete or an abstract sense. If you think that place is great you have to try our summer house. |
impel | Cause to move forward with force. Financial difficulties impelled him to desperate measures. |
keep | Keep under control keep in check. She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips. |
knock | Knock against with force or violence. He knocked into an elderly man with a walking stick. |
labor | Work hard. |
labour | Of a woman in childbirth be in labour. United laboured against confident opponents. |
maintain | Maintain for use and service. The king swears he will maintain the laws of God. |
manage | Be the manager of a sports team or a performer. The young violinist didn t manage her bow very well. |
motor | Travel in a motor vehicle. He had motored along to second base on a passed ball. |
move | Have a turn make one s move in a game. The chairman of the company told the salesmen to move the computers. |
operate | (of an organization) be managed in a specified way or from a specified place. There is a powerful law which operates in politics. |
own | Have something as one s own possess. His father owns a restaurant. |
perforate | Make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation. Perforate the sheets of paper. |
pierce | Force a way through; penetrate. The scream pierced the night. |
pilot | Be the pilot of an aircraft or ship. One day workshops for part time staff were piloted in June. |
plunge | Devote (oneself) fully to. She plunged into a dangerous adventure. |
possess | Have ownership or possession of. A terrible rage possessed her. |
pound | Place or shut up in a pound. Pound the cows so they don t stray. |
power | Supply the force or power for the functioning of. Nicholas powered a header into the net. |
precipitate | Fall from clouds. Cell proteins were then precipitated and washed in 10 trichloroacetic acid. |
press | Squeeze or press together. This is a pressing problem. |
prompt | Serve as the inciting cause of. She prompted me to call my relatives. |
propel | Spur or drive into a particular situation. A rocket propelled grenade launcher. |
punch | Drive forcibly as if by a punch. He punched me in the stomach. |
puncture | Make a puncture in something. Puncture a tire. |
push | Make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby. He will be pushed to retain the title as his form this season has been below par. |
push back | Strive and make an effort to reach a goal. |
ram | Be very crowded. The stolen car rammed into the front of the house. |
repel | Be repellent to cause aversion in. Like poles repel and unlike poles attract. |
repulse | Cause to feel intense distaste and aversion. Rioters tried to storm the Ministry but were repulsed by police. |
ride | Ride over along or through. This car rides smoothly. |
run | Of a batsman run from one wicket to the other in scoring or attempting to score a run. The boats were preparing to run the big rapids. |
send | Send a message or letter. Send your document as a PDF attachment. |
sink | Cause to sink. You can relax on the veranda as the sun sinks low. |
stab | Stab or pierce. She stabbed at the earth with the fork. |
steer | Guide or control the movement of (a vehicle, vessel, or aircraft), for example by turning a wheel or operating a rudder. The ship steered into port. |
take | Take by force. He leaned forward to take her hand. |
tax | Pay tax on something especially a vehicle. They taxed him failure to appear in court. |
transport | Transport commercially. She was transported with pleasure. |
travel by car | Undertake a journey or trip. |
tug | Tow a ship by means of a tugboat. Each oar was tugged by several men. |
urge | Spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts. He urged her to come and stay with us. |
work | Be engaged in physical or mental activity in order to achieve a result do work. His fingers worked with tension. |
automobile | Travel in an automobile. |
axle | A shaft on which a wheel rotates. North American railways operate cars at much higher axle loads. |
bicycle | Ride a bicycle. They spent the holidays bicycling around the beautiful Devonshire countryside. |
bike | A motor vehicle with two wheels and a strong frame. Danny bikes to the park and back every day. |
bus | Ride in a bus. The fenders had fallen off that old bus. |
cog | Each of the projections on a cog. He was a small cog in a large machine. |
cycle | The period of time taken to complete a cycle of events. Economies cycle regularly between boom and slump. |
cycling | The sport or activity of riding a bicycle. Cycle racing has three main forms: road racing (typically over long distances), pursuit (on an oval track), and cyclo-cross (over rough, open country). |
cyclist | A person who rides a bicycle. |
driver | A golfer who hits the golf ball with a driver. Mule drivers. |
driving | Having the power of driving or impelling. Responsibility turned the spoiled playboy into a driving young executive. |
freewheel | Coast in a vehicle using the freewheel. The postman came freewheeling down the track. |
incite | Give an incentive for action. They conspired to incite riots. |
jalopy | An old car in a dilapidated condition. His father got worried about him driving that old jalopy it wasn t safe. |
limousine | Large luxurious car; usually driven by a chauffeur. The Prince was whisked away in a black limousine. |
motorcycle | Ride a motorcycle. |
motorist | The driver of a car. |
mounted | Decorated with applied ornamentation; often used in combination- F.V.W.Mason. Mounted police controlled the crowd. |
pedal | Move a bicycle by working its pedals. A brake pedal. |
pulley | Hoist with a pulley. The tree house was built on the ground and pulleyed into the branches. |
ride | Ride over along or through. Don t ride me so hard over my failure. |
riding | The sport or activity of riding horses. A riding accident. |
scooter | A motorboat resembling a motor scooter. A snow scooter. |
spoke | Each of a set of radial handles projecting from a ship’s wheel. |
streetcar | A wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity. |
surrey | A light four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; has two or four seats. |
taxi | Take a taxi as a means of transport. The plane taxied to a halt at the terminal. |
tram | Travel by tram. A tramcar carries coal out of a coal mine. |
vehicle | A thing used to express, embody, or fulfil something. The vehicle was sent skidding across the road. |
wheel | The steering wheel of a vehicle or vessel. The final release from the wheel of life. |
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