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