DRIVEN: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DRIVEN?

Need another word that means the same as “driven”? Find 4 synonyms and 30 related words for “driven” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Driven” are: impelled, compulsive, determined, goaded

Driven as an Adjective

Definitions of "Driven" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “driven” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Strongly motivated to succeed.
• Compelled forcibly by an outside agency.
• Operated, moved, or controlled by a specified person or source of power.
• Motivated or determined by a specified factor or feeling.
• (of snow) piled into drifts or made smooth by the wind.
• Urged or forced to action through moral pressure.
• (of a person) relentlessly compelled by the need to accomplish a goal; very hard-working and ambitious.

Synonyms of "Driven" as an adjective (4 Words)

compulsive	Caused by or suggestive of psychological compulsion. Compulsive eating.
determined	Having been learned or found or determined especially by investigation. Helen was a determined little girl.
goaded	Compelled forcibly by an outside agency. Mobs goaded by blind hatred.
impelled	Urged or forced to action through moral pressure. Felt impelled to take a stand against the issue.

Usage Examples of "Driven" as an adjective

• A market-driven response to customer needs.
• A chauffeur-driven limousine.
• Wind-driven sand.
• My husband is a driven man.

Associations of "Driven" (30 Words)

addictive	Causing or characterized by addiction. He has an addictive personality.
ambition	Have as one s ambition. His ambition is to own his own business.
ambitious	Requiring full use of your abilities or resources. A ruthlessly ambitious workaholic.
assertive	Having or showing a confident and forceful personality. Pointing directly at a listener is an assertive act.
brash	Having an ostentatious or tasteless appearance. The cafe was a brash new building.
compulsive	A person with a compulsive disposition someone who feels compelled to do certain things. Compulsive drinking.
determined	Having been learned or found or determined especially by investigation. A struggle against a determined enemy.
energetic	Showing or involving great activity or vitality. Energetic X rays.
enterprising	Having or showing initiative and resourcefulness. Some enterprising teachers have started their own recycling programmes.
feisty	Quick to take offense. A love story with a feisty heroine who s more than a pretty face.
forceful	Forceful and definite in expression or action. A forceful speaker.
hardheaded	Guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory. A hardheaded appraisal of our position.
headstrong	Habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition. The headstrong impulsiveness of youth.
indefatigable	(of a person or their efforts) persisting tirelessly. An indefatigable defender of human rights.
industrious	Characterized by hard work and perseverance. An industrious people striving to make their country prosperous.
inflexible	Not able to be bent; stiff. Inflexible rules.
kleptomania	A recurrent urge to steal, typically without regard for need or profit.
kleptomaniac	Someone with an irrational urge to steal in the absence of an economic motive.
motivated	Provided with a motive or given incentive for action. A group of politically motivated men.
obsessive	Characterized by or constituting an obsession. She became obsessive about her school work.
obstinate	Persist stubbornly. Her obstinate determination to pursue a career in radio.
overambitious	Excessively ambitious. He blamed his parents for being overambitious on his behalf.
purposeful	Having meaning through having an aim. If his sudden death was not accidental it must have been purposeful.
pyromania	An uncontrollable desire to set fire to things.
resolute	Admirably purposeful, determined, and unwavering. He was resolute in his fight to uphold liberal values.
rigid	(of a person or part of their body) stiff and unmoving, especially as a result of shock or fear. A face rigid with pain.
strong	Relating to or denoting the strongest of the known kinds of force between particles which acts between nucleons and other hadrons when closer than about 10 cm so binding protons in a nucleus despite the repulsion due to their charge and which conserves strangeness parity and isospin. A play full of strong language.
stubborn	Having or showing dogged determination not to change one’s attitude or position on something, especially in spite of good arguments or reasons to do so. Two stubborn young people intent on doing their own thing.
unshaken	Unshaken in purpose. Their trust in him remained unshaken.
unyielding	Stubbornly unyielding T S Eliot. His unyielding faith.