truck driver

noun

A person who drives a truck, especially one whose occupation is to drive a tractor-trailer or other large industrial truck.

Similar
lorry drivertruckertruckieteamster
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Meanings

nountruck driver (plural truck drivers)

plural truck drivers · alternative truckdriver · alternative truck-driver

  1. AustraliaCanadaNew ZealandUSA person who drives a truck, especially one whose occupation is to drive a tractor-trailer or other large industrial truck.

    Synonyms: lorry driver, trucker, truckie

  2. hobbiesA freestyle skiing aerialist move involving grabbing the front end of one's skis on a jump in a pike position, similar to holding the large steering wheel of a big truck.
  3. cyclingA freestyle BMX move involving turning the bicycle handlebar 360-degrees, akin to spinning the steering wheel of a big truck to turn.
  4. slanggovernmentA bomber pilot.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA person who drives a truck, especially one whose occupation is to drive a tractor-trailer or other large industrial truck.

Similar
lorry drivertruckertruckie

More synonyms by meaning

nounsomeone who drives a truck as an occupation

Similar
teamstertrucker
Broader
driver
Also see
lorry driverteamstertrucker

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Afrikaans vragmotorbestuurder, trokdrywer
  • vragmotorbestuurderperson employed to drive a truck
  • trokdrywerperson employed to drive a truck
Catalan camioner, camionera
  • camionerperson employed to drive a truck
  • camioneraperson employed to drive a truck
Chinese Mandarin 卡車司機 /卡车司机
  • 卡車司機 /卡车司机 (kǎchē sījī)person employed to drive a truck
Danish lastbilchauffør
  • lastbilchaufførperson employed to drive a truck
Dutch vrachtwagenchauffeur
  • vrachtwagenchauffeurperson employed to drive a truck
Esperanto kamionisto
  • kamionistoperson employed to drive a truck
Estonian veoautojuht
  • veoautojuhtperson employed to drive a truck
Finnish kuorma-auton kuljettaja, rekka-auton kuljettaja
  • kuorma-auton kuljettajaperson employed to drive a truck
  • rekka-auton kuljettajaperson employed to drive a truck
  • rekkakuskiperson employed to drive a truck
French chauffeur de camion, routier
  • chauffeur de camionperson employed to drive a truck
  • routierperson employed to drive a truck
  • camionneurperson employed to drive a truck
German Lastwagenfahrer, Lkw-Fahrer
  • Lastwagenfahrerperson employed to drive a truck
  • Lkw-Fahrerperson employed to drive a truck
Greek νταλικέρης, νταλικέρισσα
  • νταλικέρης (ntalikéris)person employed to drive a truck
  • νταλικέρισσα (ntalikérissa)person employed to drive a truck
  • φορτηγατζής (fortigatzís)person employed to drive a truck
  • φορτηγατζού (fortigatzoú)person employed to drive a truck
Hungarian teherautó-sofőr
  • teherautó-sofőrperson employed to drive a truck
Indonesian sopir truk
  • sopir trukperson employed to drive a truck
Italian camionista
  • camionistaperson employed to drive a truck
Japanese トラック運転手
  • トラック運転手 (torakku untenshu)person employed to drive a truck
Korean 트럭 운전사
  • 트럭 운전사 (teureok unjeonsa)person employed to drive a truck
Norwegian Bokmål lastebilsjåfør
  • lastebilsjåførperson employed to drive a truck
Polish kierowca ciężarówki
  • kierowca ciężarówkiperson employed to drive a truck
Portuguese camionista, caminhoneiro
  • camionistaperson employed to drive a truck
  • caminhoneiroperson employed to drive a truck
Romanian camionagiu, camionar
  • camionagiuperson employed to drive a truck
  • camionarperson employed to drive a truck
Russian води́тель грузовика́, дальнобо́йщик
  • води́тель грузовика́ (vodítelʹ gruzoviká)person employed to drive a truck
  • дальнобо́йщик (dalʹnobójščik)person employed to drive a truck
Spanish camionero, camionera
  • camioneroperson employed to drive a truck
  • camioneraperson employed to drive a truck
  • traileroperson employed to drive a truck
  • trailistaperson employed to drive a truck
Swedish lastbilschaufför, långtradarchaufför
  • lastbilschaufförperson employed to drive a truck
  • långtradarchaufförperson employed to drive a truck
  • tradarchaffisperson employed to drive a truck
Turkish kamyoncu, tır şöförü
  • kamyoncuperson employed to drive a truck
  • tır şöförüperson employed to drive a truck
Ukrainian воді́й вантажі́вка
  • воді́й вантажі́вка (vodíj vantažívka)person employed to drive a truck
Cite this entry
APA

truck driver. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/truck%20driver

MLA

“truck driver.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/truck%20driver. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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