Synonyms for drives
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : drahyv |
| Phonetic Transcription : draɪv |
Top 10 synonyms for drives Other synonyms for the word drives
- act upon
- actuate
- advance
- airing
- ambition
- animate
- appeal
- arouse
- batter
- bear down
- bicycle
- bike
- bulldoze
- burn rubber
- burn up the road
- butt
- clout
- coast
- coerce
- commute
- compel
- constrain
- cycle
- dash
- dig
- direct
- dog
- egg on
- energy
- enterprise
- excursion
- expedition
- fire in belly
- fire up
- floor it
- get-up-and-go
- goad
- goods
- goose
- guide
- gumption
- guts
- hammer
- handle
- harass
- hasten
- herd
- hitch
- hound
- hurl
- hurry
- hustle
- impel
- impellent
- impetus
- impulse
- induce
- initiative
- inspire
- instigate
- jackhammer
- jaunt
- joyride
- kick
- knock
- lean on
- lean on it
- lift
- make
- make sparks fly
- manage
- maul
- mobilize
- momentum
- motivate
- motivation
- motive
- motor
- moxie
- nag
- oblige
- operate
- outing
- overburden
- overwork
- pep
- pickup
- plunge
- pop
- pound
- pour it on
- press
- pressure
- prod
- prompt
- propel
- provoke
- punch
- push
- put up to
- railroad
- ram
- ramble
- ride
- ride herd on
- right stuff
- roll
- rouse
- run
- rush
- send
- shepherd
- shoot
- shove
- sink
- smite
- sock
- speed
- spin
- spirit up
- spunk
- spur
- stab
- start
- steam
- steamroll
- steer
- step on it
- step on the gas
- stick
- stimulate
- strike
- stuff
- Sunday drive
- surge
- tailgate
- throw
- thrust
- thump
- tool
- tour
- transport
- travel
- trip
- turn
- twack
- vehiculate
- vigor
- vitality
- whack
- wham
- what it takes
- wheel
- whirl
- work on
- worry
- zip
Définition of drives
Origin :- Old English drifan "to drive, force, hunt, pursue; rush against" (class I strong verb; past tense draf, past participle drifen), from Proto-Germanic *dribanan (cf. Old Frisian driva, Old Saxon driban, Dutch drijven, Old High German triban, German treiben, Old Norse drifa, Gothic dreiban "to drive"). Not found outside Germanic. Original sense of "pushing from behind," altered in Modern English by application to automobiles. Related: Driving.
- MILLER: "The more you drive, the less intelligent you are." ["Repo Man," 1984]
- noun journey by vehicle
- noun campaign for cause
- noun person's will to achieve
- verb move or urge on
- verb moving, controlling a vehicle
- verb hit with heavy blow
- I can well believe it, for he drives a Hispano-Suiza in the Bois every afternoon.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- And even for me the lonesomeness of it drives me 'most crazy sometimes.
- Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Went out with him on some of his drives while he made his calls, you know.
- Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Cyrus drives home the conscience of indebtedness la Portia v. Shylock.
- Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon
- In the course of our drives we went to Mr. and Mrs. Robinson's house.
- Extract from : « The Last Voyage » by Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey
- But it is noticeable that he does not refer in that poem to the winter drives to meeting.
- Extract from : « Whittier-land » by Samuel T. Pickard
- Now many coachmen as drives a first-rate team'd put it on and try and pass 'em.
- Extract from : « Tom Brown at Rugby » by Thomas Hughes
- Sometimes she drives oxen, and I believe she invariably makes her own clothes.
- Extract from : « The Greater Power » by Harold Bindloss
- Some drives and walks had been designed—what will not landscape gardening do?
- Extract from : « Tony Butler » by Charles James Lever
- “I think it will be better if Lafe drives,” objected Isobel.
- Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet
Antonyms for drives
- apathy
- calm
- check
- cowardice
- curb
- dally
- delay
- depress
- discourage
- discouragement
- dissuade
- enervation
- halt
- help
- hinder
- hindrance
- hold
- idleness
- impede
- inactivity
- keep
- laziness
- leave alone
- let go
- lethargy
- lose
- mismanage
- neglect
- please
- prevent
- procrastinate
- pull
- remain
- repress
- rest
- retard
- slow
- stand
- stay
- stop
- wait
- walk
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