English > driver: 5 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | The operator of a motor vehicle. |
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| Narrower | busman, bus driver | someone who drives a bus |
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| chauffeur | A man paid to drive a privately owned car |
| designated driver | The member of a party who is designated to refrain from alcohol and so is sober when it is time to drive home |
| honker | A driver who causes his car's horn to make a loud honking sound |
| kerb crawler | someone who drives slowly along the curb seeking sex from prostitutes or other women |
| motorist, automobilist | someone who drives (or travels in) an automobile |
| owner-driver | A motorist who owns the car that he/she drives |
| racer, race driver, automobile driver | someone who drives racing cars at high speeds |
| road hog, roadhog | A driver who obstructs others |
| speeder, speed demon | A driver who exceeds the safe speed limit |
| tailgater | A driver who follows too closely behind another motor vehicle |
| taxidriver, taximan, cabdriver, cabman, cabby, hack driver, hack-driver, livery driver | someone who drives a taxi for a living |
| teamster, trucker, truck driver | someone who drives a truck as an occupation |
| test driver | A driver who drives a motor vehicle to evaluate its performance |
| Broader | operator, manipulator | An agent that operates some apparatus or machine |
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| Opposite | nondriver | A person who is not a driver |
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| Spanish | chofer, chófer, conductora, conductor, motorista |
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| Catalan | conductora, conductor, motorista |
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| Verbs | drive | operate or control a vehicle |
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| drive | cause someone or something to move by driving |
| drive | work as a driver |
