Synonyms for drive

noun

• hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver
• the act of applying force to propel something
• a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
• a road leading up to a private house
• a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
• a wide scenic road planted with trees
• a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine
• a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire
• (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium
• (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)
• the act of driving a herd of animals overland
• the trait of being highly motivated

verb

• force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
• have certain properties when driven
• move into a desired direction of discourse
• cause to move back by force or influence
• strive and make an effort to reach a goal
• travel or be transported in a vehicle
• proceed along in a vehicle
• cause someone or something to move by driving
• cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling
• cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force
• compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment
• excavate horizontally
• hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally
• (hunting) chase from cover into more open ground
• (hunting) search for game
• move by being propelled by a force
• operate or control a vehicle
• push, propel, or press with force
• strike with a driver, as in teeing off
• to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly
• urge forward
• work as a driver