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Synonyms for drive
Synonyms for drive: ride, thrust, cause, push and repel. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 5 synonyms for drive
Interchangeable with drive, one per sense
Audited under drive's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one drive carries in that sense.
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name drive as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
Two directions, one standard: two audited under drive and three under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
He took the family for a drive in his new car.
drive in 2 more sentences, same sense
- She suggested a drive along the coast to clear their heads after the funeral.
- The kids fell asleep halfway through the drive to their grandparents' house.
How it behaves: In this sense drive is usually a countable noun preceded by an article or possessive and often paired with a prepositional phrase of destination or route, as in "a drive to the coast".
The true synonym
ride
Same sentence, swapped: He took the family for a ride in his new car.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for drive in the sentence quoted.
- cause
- driving
- passage
the act of applying force to propel something
After reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off.
The true synonym
thrust
Same sentence, swapped: After reaching the desired velocity the thrust is cut off.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot drive is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- cause
- ride
- pull
Where drive turns up in the game
drive is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in six other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 6 puzzles where drive is the trap
- controlverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is master, in the sense "have a firm understanding or knowledge of", so drive is there to be ruled out.
- strollverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is wander, in the sense "to walk in a leisurely, unhurried way", and drive is one of the three tiles that lose.
- plodverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is lumber, in the sense "to walk slowly and heavily, typically from tiredness", with drive sitting one tile away.
- rideverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is bait, in the sense "harass with persistent criticism or carping", and drive is on the board beside it.
Play drive
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so drive reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because actions is the company drive keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. drive carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.