Meanings
nounSunday driver (plural Sunday drivers)
plural Sunday drivers
- idiomaticOne who drives slowly or inexpertly, as for leisure or sightseeing.
I was eager to get there, but I got stuck behind one Sunday driver after another on that trip.
1 more example
Wallace is hardly your typical Sunday driver out on a jaunt in the countryside.
1990 July 30, Davide Thigpen, “Real-Life Days of Thunder”, in Time - datedOne who drives infrequently, and often poorly.
Origin
From Sunday + driver, Sunday being a popular day for leisure driving.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 龜速車 /龟速车
- 龜速車 /龟速车 (gūisùchē)one who drives slowly
Danish søndagsbilist
- søndagsbilistone who drives slowly
Dutch zondagsrijder
- zondagsrijderone who drives slowly
Finnish sunnuntaiajelija, sunnuntaiautoilija
- sunnuntaiajelijaone who drives slowly
- sunnuntaiautoilijaone who drives slowly
French conducteur du dimanche
- conducteur du dimancheone who drives slowly
German Sonntagsfahrer
- Sonntagsfahrerone who drives slowly
Italian automobilista della domenica, automobilista da strapazzo
- automobilista della domenicaone who drives slowly
- automobilista da strapazzoone who drives slowly
Japanese サンデードライバー
- サンデードライバー (sandē-doraibā)one who drives slowly
Norwegian Bokmål søndagskjører
- søndagskjørerone who drives slowly
Polish niedzielny kierowca
- niedzielny kierowcaone who drives slowly
Portuguese domingueiro, domingueira
- domingueiroone who drives slowly
- domingueiraone who drives slowly
- motorista de fim de semanaone who drives slowly
Spanish dominguero
- domingueroone who drives slowly
Swedish söndagsbilist, söndagsförare
- söndagsbilistone who drives slowly
- söndagsförareone who drives slowly
Cite this entry
APA
Sunday driver. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sunday%20driver
MLA
“Sunday driver.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sunday%20driver. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sunday driver,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sunday%20driver.
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