driven

Meaning of driven

verb

past participle of drive.

adjective, suffix
  1. operated, moved, or controlled by a specified person or source of power.
    a chauffeur-driven limousine
    wind-driven sand
  2. (of a person) relentlessly compelled by the need to accomplish a goal; very hard-working and ambitious.
    my husband is a driven man
  3. (of snow) piled into drifts or made smooth by the wind.
verb, past participle
  1. operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle.
    he got into his car and drove off
    they drove back into town
    she drove aimlessly for hours
  2. propel or carry along by force in a specified direction.
    the wind will drive you onshore
  3. urge or force (animals or people) to move in a specified direction.
    they drove a flock of sheep through the centre of the city
    the French infantry were driven back
  4. (of a fact or feeling) compel (someone) to act in a particular way, especially one that is considered undesirable or inappropriate.
    he was driven by ambition
    some people are driven to murder their tormentors

Old English drīfan ‘urge (a person or animal) to go forward’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch drijven and German treiben .

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Hyphenation of driven

driven

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • driven is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

driven synonyms

Meaning goaded:

goaded

Meaning impelled:

impelled

Meaning compulsive:

compulsive, determined

Meaning (of a person) control the functioning of (a machine, process, or system):

operate

Meaning be the pilot of (an aircraft or ship):

pilot

Meaning guide or control the movement of (a vehicle, vessel, or aircraft), for example by turning a wheel or operating a rudder:

steer

Meaning drive or control (a vehicle):

handle

Meaning be in charge of (a business, organization, or undertaking); run:

manage

Meaning show or indicate the way to (someone):

guide

Meaning control the operations of; manage or govern:

direct

Meaning guide (a vessel or vehicle) over a specified route or terrain:

navigate

Meaning travel in a motor vehicle:

motor

Meaning turn or cause to turn or whirl round quickly:

spin

Meaning supply (a device) with mechanical or electrical energy:

power

Meaning drive or push something forwards:

propel

Meaning go in a specified direction or manner; change position:

move

Meaning exert force on (someone or something) in order to move them away from oneself:

push

Meaning drive, force, or urge (someone) to do something:

impel

Meaning encourage someone to continue or succeed:

urge

Meaning make strong efforts to persuade or force (someone) to do something:

press

Meaning (with reference to a group of people or animals) move in a group:

herd

Meaning tend (sheep) as a shepherd:

shepherd

Meaning make a way through or into by physical strength; break open by force:

force

Meaning force or oblige (someone) to do something:

compel

Meaning compel or force (someone) to follow a particular course of action:

constrain

Meaning (of an event or fact) cause or bring about (an action or feeling):

prompt

Meaning cause (an event or situation, typically one that is undesirable) to happen suddenly, unexpectedly, or prematurely:

precipitate

Meaning hurl or launch (something) with or as if with a catapult:

catapult

Meaning make (someone) legally or morally bound to do something:

oblige

Meaning persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats:

coerce

Meaning compel (someone) to do something:

make

Meaning attempt to persuade or coerce (someone) into doing something:

pressure

Meaning provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate an action or reaction:

goad

Meaning give an incentive or encouragement to (someone):

spur

Meaning stimulate or persuade (someone who is reluctant or slow) to do something:

prod

driven antonyms

Meaning move at a regular pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn, never having both feet off the ground at once:

walk

Anagrams of driven

nervid, verdin, Virden, Virend

Words that rhyme with driven

Given, forgiven, given, misgiven, outgiven, overgiven, preforgiven, regiven, unforgiven, ungiven, enliven, liven, sliven, Niven, Scriven, codriven, enriven, gainstriven, interriven, interstriven, misdriven, outdriven, outstriven, overdriven, overstriven, predriven, redriven, restriven, riven, scriven, shriven, striven, thriven, underdriven, undriven, unriven, unshriven, unthriven, wanthriven

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