CHAUFFEUR Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of chauffeur

as in driver

a person whose job is to drive people around in a car told the chauffeur to pull the limousine up to the hotel's front entrance

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Noun

Some of them are driven by their owners, but most are driven by chauffeurs. — Jerry Perez, The Drive, 23 Sep. 2026 Notably, Irvin mentioned recent paparazzi sightings of the franchise quarterback acting as his girlfriend’s personal chauffeur. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Verb

Watch your speed The club had three station wagons and a long blue limousine when Bennett began chauffeuring at age 17. — Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026 Going out on the town is easy with the hotel’s courtesy car service, which chauffeurs guests within a three-mile radius from late afternoon to late evening. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for chauffeur

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Noun

Voters in six states will soon decide whether to impose or expand voter identification requirements, including rules requiring mail voters to provide part of a driver’s license or Social Security number.

— Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 25 Oct. 2026
Despite leading the Chase for the past five races, Larson came in as an underdog at Talladega, one of three drafting tracks on the circuit where drivers run inches apart at 200 mph.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of driver

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What has put the target on Sacks’s back is his role as a leading contributor to Common Ground Collective, a PAC and super PAC operator led by Chuck Swirsky, who was a senior adviser to former Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez.

— Leigh Giangreco, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026
The cruise operator delivered a stronger profit for the summer than analysts expected, while raising its forecast for profit over the full year.

— Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

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