driven

Other forms of driven

comparative

drivenner·

superlative

drivennest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about driven

What does driven mean?

driven means "compelled forcibly by an outside agency". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in driven?

driven has 2 syllables: driv-en. The stress falls on "driv". In IPA it is /ˈdɹɪvən/.

What is another word for driven?

Close synonyms include goaded, impelled, compulsive, determined. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is driven a common word?

driven is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.