Drive
Drive verb - To urge, push, or force onward.
Play
Play verb - To engage in activity for amusement.
How words are described
| old | old drive | old play |
| nice | nice drive | nice play |
| long | long drive | long play |
| normal | normal drive | normal play |
| Other adjectives: short, regular, standard, single, actual, entire, constant, big, little, dark, main, ancient, new, major, final, next, last, different, said. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Similarly, Jared Padalecki does this, both to drive fangirls insane and to play pranks on his Supernatural costars.
Source: Faux Yay -
He is left sitting in his car blanked out until his Real Hero theme song begins to play and he remains conscious enough to drive away.
Source: Film / Drive - In an El Goonish Shive storyline in which Ellen and Nanase are among the few guests at a college party not drinking, there's a montage of scenes that drive them upstairs to play video games.
Source: I Never
Cite this Source
Play and Drive. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/drive/play
Drive & Play. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/drive/play>.
Play or Drive. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/drive/play.
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