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Synonyms for adrift
əˈdrɪftadrift

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  1. adrift

    Synonyms:
    loose, afloat, agog, abroad, abroach, distracted, disordered

    Antonyms:
    'fait victorious', tight, right, lashed, moored, secure, collected, composed

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. adrift(p), afloat(p), aimless, directionless, planless, rudderless, undirectedadjective

    aimlessly drifting

    Antonyms:
    aground(p), purposeful

  2. adrift(p)adverb

    afloat on the surface of a body of water

    "after the storm the boats were adrift"

    Antonyms:
    purposeful, aground(p)

  3. adriftadverb

    floating freely; not anchored

    "the boat wasset adrift"

    Antonyms:
    purposeful, aground(p)

  4. adriftadverb

    off course, wandering aimlessly

    "there was a search for beauty that had somehow gone adrift"

    Antonyms:
    purposeful, aground(p)

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  1. adriftadjective

    Synonyms:
    drifting, derelict, lost

  2. adriftadverb

    Synonyms:
    drifting, derelict, lost

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "adrift":

    drift

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#4605abroad
#5227loose
#11779drift
#23353distracted
#33861afloat
#34500disordered
#43713adrift
#134330agog

How to use adrift in a sentence?

  1. Carlotta Sami:

    What is sure is that the (Egypt) route is very long, it is very risky and these people including many families with babies have been adrift at sea for many days, up to a week, we know also that there are a lot of unaccompanied minors, from 12 to 16, 17 years old.

  2. Kamala Harris:

    Were at an inflection point. The constant chaos leaves us adrift. The incompetence makes us feel afraid, the callousness makes us feel alone. Its a lot. And heres the thing : We can do better and deserve so much more. We must elect a president who will bring something different, something better, and do the important work. A president who will bring all of us togetherBlack, White, Latino, Asian, Indigenousto achieve the future we collectively want. We must elect Joe Biden.

  3. Steve Rock:

    The world is a mess, our society seems adrift and issues related to COVID have made things worse.

  4. Henrique Olifiers:

    Worlds Adrift allows you to go into the game and set your own objectives and go about the game however you choose.

  5. Floyd McKissick:

    What Biden inherited was a ship that was adrift at sea that he's had to sail on a corrective course to get things back in place, and I think he's done an excellent job in doing so.


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