Driver

Noun

 * 1) One who drives something, in any sense of the verb to drive.
 * 2) Something that drives something, in any sense of the verb to drive.
 * 3) A person who drives a motorized vehicle such as a car or a bus.
 * 4) A person who drives some other vehicle.
 * 5)  a program that acts as an interface between an application and hardware, written specifically for the device it controls.
 * 6)  A golf club used to drive the ball a great distance.
 * 7)  a kind of sail, smaller than a fore and aft spanker on a square-rigged ship, a driver is tied to the same spars.

Derived terms

 * back-seat driver
 * driver-ant
 * driver-boom
 * driverless
 * driverside
 * driver's license
 * driver transistor


 * driver tube
 * driver valve
 * driver-yard
 * in the driver's seat
 * pile-driver
 * screwdriver

Adjectives for Driver
addlebrained; grim; recumbent; cruel-visaged; skilled; trusted; insolent; sweating; wretched; reckless; superb; acrobatic; benumbed; drunken; inept; unlicensed.

Verbs for Driver
apprehend—; blame—; convict—; direct—; employ—; fine—; hire—; jail—; license—; pay—; request—; summon—; tip—; trust —; —charges; —compels; —complies; — hails; —halts; —signals; —urges; arrest—.

Thesaurus
Jehu, Simon Legree, Sunday driver, absolute monarch, absolute ruler, agent, airscrew, all-powerful ruler, arrogator, autarch, autocrat, backseat driver, boy, bullwhacker, bus driver, busman, butler, cabby, cabdriver, cabman, caesar, cameleer, carter, cartman, charioteer, chauffeur, coachman, coachy, cocher, cochero, commissar, conductor, czar, despot, dictator, disciplinarian, drayman, duce, elephant driver, engineer, equerry, fan, functionary, gardener, gentleman, gharry-wallah, gillie, hack, hackdriver, hackman, hacky, handler, hard master, harness racer, hit-and-run driver, houseboy, houseman, impeller, jitney driver, joyrider, lord-in-waiting, mahout, man, manipulator, manservant, martinet, motorist, mule skinner, muleteer, oligarch, operant, operative, operator, oppressor, paddle wheel, pharaoh, pilot, piston, prop, propellant, propeller, propulsor, reinsman, road hog, rotor, runner, screw, screw propeller, skinner, slave driver, speeder, stage coachman, steersman, stickler, taxidriver, teamster, truck driver, trucker, truckman, turbine, twin screws, tyrant, usurper, valet, valet de chambre, vetturino, voiturier, wagoner, wagonman, warlord, wheel, whip

Etymology
From

Translations

 * Bulgarian: водач
 * Catalan: conductor
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Irish: tiománaí
 * Kamba:
 * Kikuyu:
 * Luhya:
 * Luo:


 * Manx: immanagh
 * Meru:
 * Pashto: ډرېور
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ډرېور
 * Romanian:
 * Swahili:
 * Telugu: సారథి
 * Welsh:


 * Catalan: conductor
 * Greek:


 * Swahili:


 * Arabic: سائق
 * Egyptian Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: кіроўца, вадзіцель
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: conductor
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , 開車人, 开车人
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:, ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: kuljettaja, ajaja, kuski
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Greenlandic: biilertoq
 * Hebrew: נהג, נהגת
 * Hindi: चालक, ड्राइवर
 * Hungarian: ,


 * Icelandic: ökumaður,
 * Japanese:, 運転者
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish: /, ajokar / ,  / , sayêq /
 * Latvian: vadītājs
 * Lithuanian: vairuotojas
 * Macedonian: ,
 * Maltese: sewwieq, sewwieqa , xufier , xufiera
 * Persian: راننده
 * Polish: kierowca, szofer
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: şofer m
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Telugu: చోదకుడు
 * Thai: คนขับรถ, คนขับ
 * Ukrainian: водій, шофер
 * Urdu: ڈرائیور
 * Vietnamese: người lái


 * Arabic: سائق
 * Armenian:
 * Catalan: conductor
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ajuri, kuski
 * French:, conductrice
 * German: ,
 * Greek:, μηχανοδηγός


 * Hebrew: נהג, נהגת
 * Hindi: चालक, ड्राइवर
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Japanese:, 運転者
 * Kurdish: /, ajokar / ,  / , sayêq /
 * Russian:
 * Serbian: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Telugu: డ్రైవర్
 * Urdu: ڈرائیور


 * Arabic: مشغل
 * Armenian: դրայվեր
 * Bulgarian: драйвър
 * Catalan: controlador de dispositiu
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 驅動程序, 驱动程序
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: ड्राइवर


 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: rekill
 * Japanese:, ドライバ
 * Korean: 드라이버
 * Kurdish: ajok
 * Latvian: draiveris, dzinis
 * Lithuanian: tvarkyklė, draiveris
 * Maltese:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: ovládač
 * Swahili:
 * Urdu: ڈرائیور


 * Irish: maide mór


 * : xufier, sewwieq
 * : conductor, manejador


 * : dereva
 * : Şöför

Noun

 * 1)  (golf club)

Verb

 * 1)  to drive

Anagrams

 * verdir

Noun

 * 1) driver (in a trotting race; tennis player good at driving)


 * 1) driver (golf club; computer module)