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

Need another word that means the same as “driving”? Find 37 synonyms and 30 related words for “driving” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Driving” are: impulsive, assertive, forceful, competitive, insistent, vigorous, energetic, dynamic, bold, audacious, enterprising, zealous, spirited, active, lively, zestful, vital, strong, powerful, potent, positive, effective, effectual, high-powered, aggressive, drive, expulsion, ejection, ousting, throwing out, drumming out, driving out, banishment, removal, dislodgement, displacement, clearance

Driving as a Noun

Definitions of "Driving" as a noun

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

• The control and operation of a motor vehicle.
• Hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver.
• The act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal.

Synonyms of "Driving" as a noun (12 Words)

banishment	The action of getting rid of something unwanted. The total banishment of his daughter from the country.
clearance	A certificate showing that customs clearance has been granted. Cleaning of the machine should include clearance of blockages.
dislodgement	Forced removal from a position of advantage.
displacement	The component of an electric field due to free separated charges, regardless of any polarizing effects. Vertical displacement of the shoreline.
drive	Hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver. Insert the disk into drive A.
driving out	The act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal.
drumming out	Small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise.
ejection	The act of forcing out someone or something. An explosive ejection of ash.
expulsion	The act of expelling or projecting or ejecting. A rise in the number of pupil expulsions.
ousting	The act of ejecting someone or forcing them out.
removal	Dismissal from office. The removal of all legal barriers to the free movement of goods.
throwing out	Bedclothes consisting of a lightweight cloth covering (an afghan or bedspread) that is casually thrown over something.

Usage Examples of "Driving" as a noun

• He was convicted of reckless driving.

Driving as an Adjective

Definitions of "Driving" as an adjective

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

• Acting with vigor.
• (of rain or snow) blown by the wind with great force.
• Having the power of driving or impelling.
• Having a strong and controlling influence.

Synonyms of "Driving" as an adjective (25 Words)

active	Erupting or liable to erupt. She was an active member of the society.
aggressive	Ready or likely to attack or confront; characterized by or resulting from aggression. An aggressive tumor.
assertive	Aggressively self-assured. Pointing directly at a listener is an assertive act.
audacious	Unrestrained by convention or propriety- Los Angeles Times. An audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas.
bold	Fearless and daring. A bold speech.
competitive	Involving competition or competitiveness. The intensely competitive newspaper industry.
dynamic	Of or relating to dynamics. A dynamic market.
effective	Able to accomplish a purpose functioning effectively G B Shaw. Effective teaching methods.
effectual	Having legal efficacy or force. His complaint proved to be effectual in bringing action.
energetic	Relating to or characterized by energy (in the technical sense. An energetic fund raiser for the college.
enterprising	Marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to undertake new projects. Some enterprising teachers have started their own recycling programmes.
forceful	Forceful and definite in expression or action. She was a forceful personality.
high-powered	Vigorously energetic or forceful.
impulsive	Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; (`brainish’ is archaic. An impulsive gesture of affection.
insistent	Repetitive and persistent. She was very insistent that I call her.
lively	Quick and energetic. A lively party.
positive	Having a positive charge. The company received a positive response from investors.
potent	Having a strong physiological or chemical effect. Thrones were potent symbols of authority.
powerful	Possessing physical strength and weight rugged and powerful. The horse s powerful kick.
spirited	Made lively or spirited. A spirited debate.
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 strong smell.
vigorous	Strong and active physically or mentally- W.H.Hudson. A vigorous foreign policy.
vital	Performing an essential function in the living body. It is vital that the system is regularly maintained.
zealous	Having or showing zeal. The council was extremely zealous in the application of the regulations.
zestful	Characterized by great enthusiasm and energy. A zestful and exuberant player.

Usage Examples of "Driving" as an adjective

• Driving rain.
• He was the driving force behind the plan.
• The driving force was his innate enthusiasm.
• A driving personal ambition.
• Responsibility turned the spoiled playboy into a driving young executive.
• A driving ambition.

Associations of "Driving" (30 Words)

auto	A motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine. The auto industry.
automobile	Travel in an automobile.
bridge	The central part of a pair of glasses fitting over the bridge of the nose. His letters provided a bridge across the centuries.
bus	Travel by bus. The children were bussed to school.
bypass	An alternative channel created during a bypass operation. Bypass the farm and continue to the road.
car	A four wheeled road vehicle that is powered by an engine and is able to carry a small number of people. He was in the lift when the car stuck.
chauffeur	A person employed to drive a private or hired car. She insisted on being chauffeured around.
crash	Cause to crash. The branch crashed down on my car.
drive	Have certain properties when driven. His drive helped Leeds to four Cup finals.
driver	A golfer who hits the golf ball with a driver. Learner drivers.
driveway	A short road leading from a public road to a house or other building. They parked in the driveway.
expressway	An urban motorway.
highway	A main road, especially one connecting major towns or cities. An information highway.
lane	An urban street. The shipping lanes of the South Atlantic.
licence	A writer’s or artist’s freedom to deviate from fact, or from conventions such as grammar, for effect. A television licence fee.
limousine	A car licensed to transport passengers in return for payment, typically more luxurious than a taxi and not fitted with a taximeter. The Prince was whisked away in a black limousine.
motorcade	A procession of people traveling in motor cars.
overpass	Bridge formed by the upper level of a crossing of two highways at different levels. Did not its sublimity overpass a little the bounds of the ridiculous.
parking	Space in which vehicles can be parked. There is plenty of parking behind the store.
pileup	Multiple collisions of vehicles.
road	A railroad. The shipment of freight by road.
roadway	A road (especially that part of a road) over which vehicles travel.
route	Send via a specific route. All lines of communication were routed through London.
skyway	A designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another. A second storey skyway links the two shops.
speeding	Changing location rapidly.
subway	A tunnel under a road for use by pedestrians. A subway station.
tollbooth	A town jail.
truck	Drive a truck. Truck fresh vegetables across the mountains.
trucker	Someone who drives a truck as an occupation.
vehicle	A film, television programme, song, etc. that is intended to display the leading performer to the best advantage. The vehicle was sent skidding across the road.