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

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of drive-by Wallace was killed in another drive-by shooting six months later in Los Angeles, a murder which has never been solved. — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026 Two 16-year-old boys and an 18-year-old man were wounded Tuesday night in a drive-by shooting on the West Side in the Austin neighborhood, Chicago police said. — Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026 Prosecutors allege that the confrontation provided the motive for the retaliation that culminated in the drive-by shooting. — Danielle Bacher, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026 Nearly 30 years ago, Tupac Shakur, known by the stage name 2Pac, was killed in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada. — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 16 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for drive-by

Recent Examples of Synonyms for drive-by

Adjective

Go in April, May, September, or October, when boat days are easier and the town feels less hurried.

— Mikael Castro, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2026
Hours later, across the globe, after the Dodgers dispatched the San Diego Padres in a season-opening win – and after Mizuhara served as Ohtani’s interpreter in a hurried and rushed postgame media scrum – Hiltzik called ESPN again.

— Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 28 July 2026

Definition of hurried

Adjective

But even a cursory survey of the music, from Iraq to Morocco and across time and styles from the medieval Moors’ ceremonial compositions to Quranic chants to 21st century jazz electronic Syrian wedding music, shows that there are far more than 24.

— Steve Hochman, SPIN, 15 July 2026
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

Definition of cursory

Adjective

Symptoms of the Bourbon virus can include fever, fatigue, rash, headaches, body aches, nausea, and vomiting, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

— Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 11 Aug. 2026
Common symptoms include fever, headaches, body aches, joint pain, rash, vomiting and diarrhea, according to the CDC.

— Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of rash

Adjective

Experts say that the rising cost of travel and vacations may be pushing people to hasty decisions and less vigilance.

— Vince Basada, Sacbee.com, 24 Aug. 2026
All three consumer icons had freshly announced new CEOs, which were wrongly greeted with hasty skepticism from analysts.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of hasty

Adjective

In NyKayla’s case, prosecutors could only reach a meaningful sentence by charging the gun’s owner with reckless endangerment after a child was already dead.

— Brittany Berlin, Baltimore Sun, 25 Aug. 2026
Groups of kids, some as young as elementary school age, tear through our streets at reckless speeds with no regard for pedestrians.

— Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of reckless

Adjective

The sudden push toward scale marks a shift for a technology that spent years looking more like a Silicon Valley experiment than a serious alternative to putting a package in a car.

— Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026
The morning after their fight, Russia invades Ukraine, and the two go on with their separation amid the backdrop of sudden social upheaval.

— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2026