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driven

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of driven

caused by or suggestive of an irresistible urge

  • a man with a driven need to be loved or liked by everyone
Synonyms of driven

besetting, compulsive, impulsive, obsessional, obsessive
Words Related to driven

irrepressible, uncontrollable

automatic, instinctive, involuntary, knee-jerk, reflex, spontaneous

conditioned, mechanical

unconscious, unthinking, unwitting

capricious, unpredictable, whimsical
Near Antonyms of driven

unforced, voluntary, willful (or wilful)

controllable, manageable, resistible

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