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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

driven

verb , past participle of drive

Synonyms and Antonyms of driven

1 to urge, push, or force onward

cowboys drove the herd of cattle from San Antonio to San Francisco

Synonyms of driven

herded, punched, run

Words Related to driven

shepherded

wrangled

egged, exhorted, flogged, goaded, hounded, pressed, pricked, prodded, prompted, scourged, spurred, whipped

2 to travel by a motorized vehicle

I'm going to drive across the country—want to come?

Synonyms of driven

automobiled, motored, tooled

Words Related to driven

rolled, wheeled

joyridden

chauffeured, hacked, taxied

ridden (or chiefly dialectal rid)

dragged, raced

3 to apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one

drove the plunger into the opening

Synonyms of driven

propelled, pushed, shoved, thrust

Words Related to driven

impelled, moved

borne (down) (also born (down)), compressed, depressed, jammed, pressured, squashed, squeezed, weighed (upon)

bulldozed, compelled, forced, leaned (on or against), muscled, rammed

4 to cause (a person) to give in to pressure

the corrupt governor was driven out of office

Synonyms of driven

blackjacked, coerced, compelled, constrained, dragooned, forced, impelled, impressed, made, muscled, obligated, obliged, pressed, pressured, sandbagged

Words Related to driven

browbeaten (or browbeat), bulldozed, bullied, cowed, hectored, intimidated

blackmailed, high-pressured, menaced, shamed, terrorized, threatened

dragged

badgered, harassed, hounded

Phrases Synonymous with driven

twisted one's arm

Near Antonyms of driven

allowed, let, permitted

argued, convinced, induced, moved, persuaded, prevailed (on or upon), satisfied, talked (into), won (over)

5 to cause to function

machinery driven by waterpower

Synonyms of driven

activated, actuated, cranked (up), moved, run, set off, sparked, started, touched off, triggered, turned on

Words Related to driven

kicked over, turned over

charged, electrified, energized, fired, fueled (or fuelled), generated, powered, pushed

discharged, launched, released, switched, tripped

reactivated, recharged

aroused, excited, jump-started, kick-started, stimulated, vitalized

ignited, incited, instigated, provoked, quickened, stirred up

accelerated, catalyzed, sped (up) (or speeded (up)), stepped up

Near Antonyms of driven

arrested, braked, checked, cut off, drawn up, halted, jammed, stalled, stopped, stuck

decelerated, repressed, slowed, stunted, suppressed

Antonyms of driven

cut, cut out, deactivated, killed, shut off, turned off

6 to set or keep in motion

this motor drives the gears, which then turn the shaft

Synonyms of driven

actuated, impelled, moved, propelled, worked (or wrought)

Words Related to driven

activated, motivated, provoked

abetted, fermented, fomented, incited, raised, stirred (up), whipped (up)

set off, triggered, tripped

aroused, excited, fired (up), galvanized, inflamed (also enflamed), inspired, instigated, roused, stimulated

Near Antonyms of driven

bridled, checked, constrained, contained, controlled, curbed, inhibited, regulated, reined (in), restrained

7 to proceed or move quickly

the runner drove past the finish line and then came to a dead stop

Synonyms of driven

barreled (or barrelled), belted, blasted, blazed, blown, bolted, bombed [slang], bowled, breezed, bundled, bustled, buzzed, cannonballed, careened, careered, chased, coursed, cracked (on), dashed, flown, hared, hastened, hied, highballed, hotfooted (it), humped, hurled, hurried, hurtled, hustled, jetted, jumped, motored, nipped, pelted, raced, rammed, ripped, rocketed, run, rushed, rustled, scooted, scurried, scuttled, shot, sped (or speeded), stepped, torn, traveled (or travelled), trotted, whirled, whisked, zipped, zoomed

Words Related to driven

beetled, darted, flitted, scampered, scudded, scuffled

stampeded, streaked, whizzed

galloped, jogged, sprinted

accelerated, quickened, stepped out

caught up, fast-forwarded, outpaced, outrun, outstripped, overtaken

arrowed, beelined

Phrases Synonymous with driven

beaten it, got a move on, made tracks, shaken a leg, stepped on it

Near Antonyms of driven

dallied, dawdled, dillydallied, dragged, hung (around or out) (also hanged (around or out)), lagged, lingered, loitered, poked, tarried

ambled, lumbered, plodded, sauntered, shuffled, strolled

decelerated, slowed (down or up)

Antonyms of driven

crawled, crept, poked

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