DRIVE-BY Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

drive-by

adjective

ˈdrīv-ˈbī

Definition of drive-by

as in hurried

acting or done with excessive or careless speed the administrator's schedule left her with no time to make more than a drive-by assessment of the situation

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Recent Examples of drive-by Airing in 2010, the season 3 premiere of Sons of Anarchy concluded with Sheridan's Hale being killed when he's run over during a drive-by shooting. — Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 30 June 2026 Fresh bombshells are constantly rotated in, each one causing a stir akin to a Presidential drive-by. — Lillian Fishman, New Yorker, 27 June 2026 The most shocking of the weekend’s carnage was the mass drive-by shooting at a large Juneteenth gathering in Roseland on the South Side in which at least 14 were injured. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026 On Thursday, the Interior Department was claiming to have beat back the toxic blooms — while doing a drive-by trashing of Barack Obama to please the boss. — Maureen Dowd, Mercury News, 23 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for drive-by

Recent Examples of Synonyms for drive-by

Adjective

But for some reason the powers that be have decreed artificial intelligence a civilizational imperative, requiring the hurried construction of swarms of data centers, on Earth and in space.

— Mark Gongloff, Mercury News, 24 June 2026
Right now, decisions are being made in a hurried, contradictory fashion.

— Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026

Definition of hurried

Adjective

The snowy first look released by Apple back in March honestly bares some cursory resemblance to the snowy, period, Eastern European setting that the AI prompt manages to generate — which again is just for a storyboard!

— Brian Welk, IndieWire, 2 June 2026
But that screening site was deep within the hotel and was relatively cursory in its execution.

— Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2026

Definition of cursory

Adjective

The rushed and botched release of Apple Intelligence made clear that Apple's AI strategy wasn't fully fleshed out.

— Kevin Stankiewicz,Zev Fima, CNBC, 10 July 2026
That said, if conversations feel rushed, defensive or unusually loaded, don’t hesitate to take a step back and catch your breath.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026

Definition of rushed

Adjective

In both cases, the act was an impulsive, existential response with no single cause.

— Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 11 July 2026
The series follows Ada, an impulsive police officer and former urban-acrobatics expert who investigates a gang of stunt performers specializing in stealing luxury cargo from trucks travelling at high speed.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 10 July 2026

Definition of impulsive

Adjective

An alleged reckless, DUI driver crashed into a Metro bus while leading Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies on a pursuit through Compton on Monday afternoon.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 14 July 2026
Whether a challenge was reckless or unlucky, whether force was proportionate, whether intent should count at all — no additional data resolves these questions.

— Oded Netzer, Fortune, 13 July 2026

Definition of reckless

Adjective

Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.

— CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 11 July 2026
The 61-year-old was treated in Greece for neck and shoulder injuries and friction burns, after a sudden cabin depressurization triggered oxygen masks and a rapid descent.

— Costas Kantouris, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026