Dictionary Definition
driver
Noun
1 the operator of a motor vehicle [ant: nondriver]
2 someone who drives animals that pull a
vehicle
3 a golfer who hits the golf ball with a
driver
4 (computer science) a program that determines
how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device [syn:
device
driver]
5 a golf club (a wood) with a near vertical face
that is used for hitting long shots from the tee [syn: number one
wood]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- One who drives something, in any sense of the verb to drive.
- Something that drives something, in any sense of the verb to drive.
- A person who drives a motorized vehicle such as a car or a bus.
- A person who drives some other vehicle.
- a program that acts as an interface between an application and hardware, written specifically for the device it controls.
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
Translations
one who drives something
seomthing that drives something
person who drives a motorized vehicle, such as a
car or a bus
- Croatian: vozač, šofer
- Czech: řidič
- Dutch: bestuurder, chauffeur
- Finnish: kuljettaja, ajaja, kuski (colloquial)
- French: conducteur, chauffeur
- German: Fahrer
- Greek: οδηγός (odigós)
- Hebrew: ,
- Kurdish: ajovan / , ajokar / , şofêr / , sayêq /
- Latvian: vadītājs
- Lithuanian: vairuotojas
- Maltese: sewwieq , sewwieqa , xufier , xufiera
- Polish: kierowca , szofer
- Portuguese: motorista
- Russian: водитель
- Slovak: šofér
person who drives some other vehicle
program acting as interface between an
application and hardware
Translations to be categorised
Extensive Definition
Driver may refer to:
Occupations:
- Driver, a person who drives a motor vehicle (also referred to as a motorist)
- Driver, a person who drives a pedal vehicle
- Driver, a person who drives a locomotive
- Tractor driver, a person who works in agriculture but only drives a tractor
- Truck driver, a person who drives a truck
In sport:
- Driver, a golf club
- Driver, a position in water polo
In computing and electronics:
- Driver, a component of a loudspeaker
- Driver (electronic component), an electronic component used to control another component
- Device driver, a software component used to interact with hardware devices
- Driver
(series), a series of video games
- Driver (video game), the first game in the series
- Driver 2, the second game in the series
- DRIV3R, the third game in the series
- Driver: Parallel Lines, the fourth game in the series
People with the surname Driver:
- Godfrey Rolles Driver (1892 - 1975), English orientalist
- James G. Driver, American college basketball coach
- Minnie Driver, an English actress and singer
- Samuel Rolles Driver (1846 - 1914), English biblical scholar
- Toby Driver, an avant-garde musician
- Donald Driver, American football player
Other uses:
- Digital Repository Infrastructure Vision for European Research (DRIVER) project, A European project aiming to build a virtual infrastructure to support the European Information Space
- Driver (sail), a type of sail
- Driver (film), an upcoming video game to film adaptation
- Driver Group, an Australian bus company
- Driving wheel, part of a steam locomotive
- Screwdriver, a mechanical device used to tighten or loosen screws
See also:
driver in Danish: Driver
driver in German: Driver (Begriffsklärung)
driver in Spanish: Driver (desambiguación)
driver in French: Driver
driver in Korean: 드라이버
driver in Italian: Driver (disambigua)
driver in Japanese: ドライバー
driver in Polish: Sterownik
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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