taxi driver

NOUN

driver of hired car

Synonyms

WEAK

cab driver cabbie cabby cabman hack hackman hacky

Example Sentences

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Samrith Sarav sorted garbage at a recycling plant for as little as $1 a day to supplement her husband’s daily earnings of $5 to $7 as a motorcycle taxi driver.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

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

From BBC • Apr. 20, 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

The taxi driver says we’re being dropped off because we have a meeting with Mr. Vega.

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