drive: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 9 letter points · starts with D · ends with E
Meaning of drive
verb
- ergative, transitive
To operate a vehicle: To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).
Example: The bridges weren't strong enough to drive (campers) over.
- intransitive
To operate a vehicle: To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.
Example: I drive to work every day.
- transitive
To operate a vehicle: To convey (a person, etc.) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.
Example: My cousin drove me to the airport.
- slang, transitive
To operate a vehicle: To operate (an aircraft); to pilot.
Example: drive a 737
Listed forms: drives, driving, drove, drave, driv, driven, druv.
Source: Wiktionary — drive.
noun
- countable, uncountable
Planned, usually long-lasting, effort to achieve something; ability coupled with ambition, determination, and motivation.
Example: Crassus had wealth and wit, but Pompey had drive and Caesar as much again.
- countable, uncountable
Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; (especially) a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
- broadly, countable, uncountable
An act of driving (prompting) animals forward. An act of driving game animals forward, to be captured or hunted.
- broadly, countable, uncountable
An act of driving (prompting) animals forward. An act of driving livestock animals forward, to transport a herd.
Listed forms: drives.
Source: Wiktionary — drive.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for drive.
noun
the act of applying force to propel something
- thrust
- driving force
noun
a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
noun
a road leading up to a private house
- driveway
- private road
noun
hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is drive in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of drive
D(2) + R(1) + I(1) + V(4) + E(1) = 9 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of drive
2 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from drive
24 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in drive. Showing up to 24, longest first.