driver

Meaning

  1. One who drives something.
  2. One who drives something.
  3. (slang) One who drives something.
  4. One who drives something.
  5. Something that drives something else.
  6. Something that drives something else.
  7. Something that drives something else.
  8. Something that drives something else.
  9. Something that drives something else.
  10. Something that drives something else.
  11. Something that drives something else.
  12. Something that drives something else.
  13. Something that drives something else.
  14. Something that drives something else.
  15. Something that drives something else.
  16. (in-plural) Something that drives something else.

Opposite of
follower
Synonyms

chauffeur
C1
coachman
23k
motorist
38k
charioteer
conductor
C1
operator
B2
device driver
carter
B1
pilot
B1
🧑‍✈️
teamster
cabman
wagoner
guide
B2
carrier
C1
engineer
B2
exciter
motorman

number one wood

software driver

rider
C1
drive
A2
instigator
44k
jig
C2
jockey
C2
manager
B1
mizenmast
muleteer
postilion
runner
C1
🏃
screwdriver
C2
🪛
skinner
C2
spanker
speeder
steerer
stimulator
taxi driver
whacker

train driver

train engineer

speedster
38k

turn-screw

licensed operator

transmission case

drive housing

drive stage

driving stage

bandyman

direc 1t tor

compound box

motion-work wheel

Translations

chauffeur
conducteur
Fahrer
conductor
autista

οδηγός

chauffeur
bestuurder
motorista
ajovan
conductor
pilote
🧑‍✈️
Treiber
guidatore
Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdɹaɪ.və(ɹ)/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
drivere
Cognate with Saterland Frisian
Drieuwer
Cognate with Dutch
drijver
Cognate with German
German
Treiber
In summary

From Middle English drivere, dryvere, dryvare, equivalent to drive + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Drieuwer (“driver”), Dutch drijver (“driver”), German Low German Driever (“driver”), German Treiber (“driver”), Swedish drivare (“driver”).

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