Driving
//ˈdɹaɪvɪŋ//
Word Type
Noun
Adjective
Adjective
Verb
The word "driving" can be used as noun, adjective, adjective and verb.
Word Relationships
Causes
accident accidents arriving at destination being chased by police being injuried in wreck boredom car sickness causing car to move changing location crashing car deaths engine heated engine ignited fatigue getting from one place to another getting in accident getting place getting to destination going faster than walking ignition engaged injuries lack of fuel may die moving scenes flash by tension headache tire wear traffic accident traffic jams transportation tunnel vision us to become lazy using gas vehicle collisions wheels turning
Derived Terms
automated driving system back-seat driving cabdriving drink-driving driving axle driving band driving car driving drunk driving examiner driving force driving glove driving impaired driving iron driving licence driving license driving maul driving mirror driving moccasin driving motor driving notes driving permit driving power driving rain driving range driving school driving seat driving shaft driving spirit driving test driving time driving trailer driving under the influence driving van trailer driving wheel driving while black driving wind driving-box driving-gear driving-iron driving-putter driving-stick driving-wheel drug driving drugged driving drunk driving drunk-driving drunken driving ecodriving impaired driving in the driving seat non-driving nondriving psychic driving screwdriving sleepdriving truckdriving wardriving
Derived From
Inflected/Variant Forms
Prerequisites
Has Property
Subevents
altering radio volume being followed by being in accident being stopped by authorities being stopped by highway patrolman being stopped by officer being stopped by policeman being ticketed for traffic violation belt breaks braking braking causes skid breaks down car fails to start careful carrying passenger change in direction checking lights chosing between am and fm radio coming to slow stop crash creating accident dimming lights dirty mirrors dirty windows discover new places discover outdoor wonders discover wonderful roadside businesses discover wonderful roadside cafes discover wonderful roadside museums discover wonderful roadside sights discover wonderful roadside tourist shops discovering hood unlatched discovering trunk unlatched distraction down shifting drinking coffee dropping off engine makes noise entertaining children entertaining passenger evaluate driving evaluate driving of others exchanging information on cb experiencing acceleration experiencing deacceleration facing sunrise facing sunset failing driving test fall asleep fall asleep at wheel following getting attention of another driver getting directions from another motorist getting directions from cb getting directions from gps getting directions from passenger getting drowsy getting into storm getting moving violation getting parking ticket getting speeding ticket getting ticket giving right of way handling cranky kids having to put on flashing lights insect gets into vehicle interpreting road sign left turn light indicates weak battery lighting cigar lighting cigarette lighting pipe listen to radio listening to book on tape listening to radio look at compass look in mirror look in rear view mirror looking at passenger looking for business sign looking for road sign looking in back seat lowering driver's window lowering passenger window need for bathroom break need for directions need for kleenex need for sun glasses need for to drink need for to eat need to stop night blindness parallel parking passing driving test paying complete attention to task picking up picking up hitch hiker playing cd playing stack of cds playing tape pressing accelerator pedal pressing foot down on gas pressing in cigarette lighter putting foot on accelerator putting lights on high putting on blinking emergency lights putting on fog lights putting on left turn blinker putting on right turn blinker radiator overheats raising driver's window raising passenger window read receiving telephone call receiving warning riding on air right turn running over dog seeing accident seeing business signs seeing flashing red lights seeing flashing yellow lights seeing hitch hiker seeing road sign seeing traffic lights setting radio station shifting gears shifting into first gear shifting into low gear shifting into overdrive shifting into park shifting into reverse shifting into second gear shifting into third gear sing smell coffee smell fluids smell fumes smell odor smell outdoors smell smoke smoking smoking cigar smoking cigarette smoking pipe speculate about destination speculate about destination time stall steer sticky fingers on wheel stopping quickly stopping to let ambulance by stopping to let vehicle pass study study language sun in eyes taking driving test taking right of way talk on cellphone throwing out window transporting family turn turn steering wheel turning off lights turning off windshield wiper turning on interior lights turning on lights turning on windshield wiper u turn variety of weather conditions vehicle gets dirty vehicle pulls to one side vehicle slips on ice vehicle slips on water vehicle starts to slip visibility reduced due to darkness visibility reduced due to fog visibility reduced due to rain visibility reduced due to sleet visibility reduced due to snow watch for erratic drivers watch for unsafe conditions watch for unsafe drivers watch out for pedestrians watch road wear
Broader Terms (Hypernyms)
Type Of (IsA)
Used For
control of vehicle controlling vehicle getiing around town getting around getting from here to there getting places far away getting somewhere getting to destination getting to someplace getting to work getting where you're going going in car long distance golf shots people who have permission reaching destination traveling long distances travelling to places who can see who have license who know how to drive who licensed
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.