driven

Meanings

verb

participlepastpast participle of drive

adjectivedriven (comparative more driven, superlative most driven)

comparative more driven · superlative most driven

Obsessed; passionately motivated to achieve goals.
highly driven
1 more example
driven person
Formed into snowdrifts by wind. (of snow)

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite

non-driven nondriven

Narrower

axle-drivenbehavior-drivenbehaviour-drivenbelt-driven chain-drivencommunity-drivencompiler-drivendata-driven demand-drivendestination-drivendomain-drivenevent-driven fulldrivenmodel-drivenperformance-driven quote-driven servo-drivenspace-driventest-driven wind-driven

adjectivecompelled forcibly by an outside agency

adjectiveurged or forced to action through moral pressure

Similar

impelled motivated

adjectivestrongly motivated to succeed

Similar

compulsive determined ambitious

Also see

abuzz active ambitious animate compulsive determined droven dynamic effervescent hearty involuntary merry motivated nonvoluntary unvoluntary wanton zestful zippy

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Middle Englishdriven
Englishdrive
Englishdriven

From drive + -en.

Full word history & related roots →

Related words

Built from driven

domain-driven designdrivenness indriven keyword-driven testing message-driven architecture message-driven bean model-driven architecture model-driven testing overdriven resume-driven development test-driven development undriven white as driven snow white as the driven snow

Translations

Dutch gedreven

gedrevenobsessed; passionately motivated to achieve goals

Esperanto devigita

devigitaobsessed; passionately motivated to achieve goals

Polish zdeterminowany, poruszany

zdeterminowanyobsessed; passionately motivated to achieve goals
poruszany(mechanical sense)
napędzany(mechanical sense)

Spanish impulsado, propulsado

impulsado(mechanical sense)
propulsado(mechanical sense)
propelido(mechanical sense)
impelido(mechanical sense)
conducido(mechanical sense)

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with driven

given liven riven Ruthven

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Anagrams

Virden verdin

Cite this entry

APA

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MLA

“driven.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/driven. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “driven,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/driven.

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