cabdriver

noun

cab·​driv·​er ˈkab-ˌdrī-vər 

: a driver of a cab

Examples of cabdriver in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Waiting for Lefty The actor Steven Pasquale makes his directing debut with this revival of Clifford Odets’s 1935 play made famous by the Group Theatre, about the boiling tensions of a Depression-era New York cabdrivers’ strike. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026

No one spoke English, even the cabdriver. — Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2026

Rahma, whose late father, an Egyptian immigrant, was a cabdriver, accompanies the drivers on anthropological outings to such destinations as a Cuban dance lounge, a Russian bathhouse, and a taxi-driver clubhouse. — Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 10 June 2026

Your cabdriver is taking you on a horrible route. — Zach Schiffman, Curbed, 10 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cabdriver

• revivor
• screwdriver
• survivor
• diver
• driver
• fiver
• hiver
• kiver
• niver
• stiver

Kids Definition

cabdriver

noun

cab·​driv·​er ˈkab-ˌdrī-vər 

: a driver of a cab