Synonyms for drifting
drift·ing

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1. driftingadjective

   aimless wandering from place to place

   Antonyms:
   settled

2. aimless, drifting, floating, vagabond, vagrantadjective

   continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another

   "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties"

   Synonyms:
   rootless, rudderless, vagrant, planless, undirected, directionless, aimless, floating, vagabond, adrift(p), floating(a), afloat(p)

   Antonyms:
   settled

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1. wafting

   Submitted by rinat on August 7, 2019  

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1. List of paraphrases for "drifting":

   drift, floating

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1. Chuck Schaffer:

   That's creating a lot of blowing and drifting snow and creating very hazardous travel conditions.

2. Scott C. Holstad:

   Ashes keep drifting onto my paper, charcoal snowflakes on a minefield of blanks, words bouncing around off each other uttering impotent images of sight sound terror life crying for recognition, narcissistic eunuchs reflecting my face, ruining the snowfield.

3. unknown:

   His calm and gentle tone was like an anchor in a ferocious sea, keeping me from drifting into a current of heartache.

4. Terry Torrison:

   The ECB and OPEC meetings could prove to be a damp squib, which may result in markets drifting a bit lower.

5. Aloo Denish Obiero:

   Vision without a purposeful mission is a ship without a compass, drifting aimlessly in the sea of aspirations.