taxi driver

NOUN

driver of hired car

Synonyms

WEAK

cab driver cabbie cabby cabman hack hackman hacky

Example Sentences

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The taxi driver had alerted police, and three men were arrested.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

"The difference between now and 10 years ago is like night and day,", said Tin Oo, a motorbike taxi driver in Yangon's industrial district of Hlaing Tharyar.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Dharmendra Prasad, a 37-year-old taxi driver living far below the lake in the town of Rangpo Forest, awoke to a commotion, as townspeople desperately scrambled to get to higher ground.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

“It’s hell,” said a taxi driver named Pedro as he drove past heaps of garbage rotting in the streets because there is not enough gas for trash trucks.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

Sergio argues with the taxi driver that we’ll all fit in the car just fine and that we’re going to the Maravilla Beach Resort.

From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya