Driving force
Driving force noun - The act of applying force to propel something.
Show all Definitions
Synonyms for Driving force
Lead and driving force are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lead" instead a noun phrase "Driving force".
Lead
Lead noun - The person who has the most important role in a play, movie, or TV show.
Driving force and lead are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Driving force" instead a noun "Lead".
Both terms in one sentence
-
Long List: The "House Rules." Make the Dog Testify: The driving force behind the plot; Hooch has the murderer's scent and witnessed it happen so he's the only lead the cops currently have.
Source: Film / Turner & Hooch - Similar to the Black Sabbath example (mentioned above), you can often tell how hardcore a fan is by whether they identify Dickinson (on, off, then on-again lead vocals) or Harris (bass, keyboards, backing vocals, founder, main composer) as the driving force behind Iron Maiden.
Source: Face Of The Band / Metal -
Another Singularity-event known as the Spike, which lead to the total destruction of the planet Jupiter, happened only some years before the story, and is a driving force in the background of the plot, as all parties are attempting to find out exactly what happened.
Source: Literature / The Quantum Thief
Cite this Source
Lead and Driving force. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/driving_force/lead
Driving force & Lead. N.p., 2016. Web. 02 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/driving_force/lead>.
Lead or Driving force. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/driving_force/lead.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "driving force" and "lead" have occurred on timeline