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

Need another word that means the same as “driver”? Find 3 synonyms and 30 related words for “driver” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Driver” are: number one wood, device driver, motorist

Driver as a Noun

Definitions of "Driver" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “driver” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device.
• A golfer who hits the golf ball with a driver.
• A person who drives a vehicle.
• Someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle.
• The operator of a motor vehicle.
• A program that controls the operation of a device such as a printer or scanner.
• A person who drives a specified kind of animal.
• A wheel or other part in a mechanism that receives power directly and transmits motion to other parts.
• A device or part of a circuit that provides power for output.
• A golf club with a flat face and wooden head, used for driving from the tee.
• A golf club (a wood) with a near vertical face that is used for hitting long shots from the tee.
• (computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device.
• A factor which causes a particular phenomenon to happen or develop.

Synonyms of "Driver" as a noun (3 Words)

device driver	An instrumentality invented for a particular purpose.
motorist	The driver of a car.
number one wood	The property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals.

Usage Examples of "Driver" as a noun

• A taxi driver.
• Mule drivers.
• The hope of achieving such monopolies becomes the main driver of investment.
• Learner drivers.

Associations of "Driver" (30 Words)

ambulance	Convey in an ambulance. He was taken by ambulance to the district hospital.
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.
bus	The topology of a network whose components are connected by a busbar. He always rode the bus to work.
cab	Ride in a taxicab. She hailed a cab.
car	A railway carriage. Three cars had jumped the rails.
chauffeur	Drive (a car or a passenger in a car), typically as part of one’s job. A chauffeur driven limousine.
crane	Move a heavy object with a crane. A very long tracking shot done with dolly and crane.
cyclist	A person who rides a bicycle.
distraction	A diversion or recreation. The firm found passenger travel a distraction from the main business of moving freight.
drive	Have certain properties when driven. Some people are driven to murder their tormentors.
jalopy	An old car in a dilapidated condition. His father got worried about him driving that old jalopy it wasn t safe.
licence	Freedom to behave as one wishes, especially in a way which results in excessive or unacceptable behaviour. A gun licence.
limousine	A passenger vehicle carrying people to and from an airport. The Prince was whisked away in a black limousine.
machinist	A craftsman skilled in operating machine tools.
motorist	Someone who drives (or travels in) an automobile.
pantechnicon	A large van for transporting furniture.
parking	Space in which vehicles can be parked. There is plenty of parking behind the store.
pedal	Move a bicycle by working its pedals. He was coming down the path on his bike pedalling hard.
pickup	An electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable. This microphone helps reduce the pickup of background noise.
ride	A mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement. Did you ever ride a camel.
streetcar	A wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity.
taxi	Of a pilot cause an aircraft to taxi. The plane taxied down the runway.
tram	Travel by tram. A tramcar carries coal out of a coal mine.
truck	Convey by truck. Private contractors were trucking for Denali.
trucker	Someone who drives a truck as an occupation.
tumbrel	A farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution.
van	A caravan. A van driver.
vehicle	A conveyance that transports people or objects. A heavy goods vehicle.