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Synonyms for waft
wɑft, wæftwaft

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. waft

    Synonyms:
    float, transport, bear

    Antonyms:
    sink, depress, bear down

Princeton's WordNet3.4 / 5 votes

  1. pennant, pennon, streamer, waftverb

    a long flag; often tapering

    Synonyms:
    banner, pennon, pinion, streamer, crown, pennant

  2. waftverb

    be driven or carried along, as by the air

    "Sounds wafted into the room"

  3. waftverb

    blow gently

    "A breeze wafted through the door"

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Dictionary of English Synonymes4.0 / 1 vote

  1. waftverb

    Synonyms:
    bear (through a buoyant medium), convey, transport, carry, transmit

  2. waftverb

    Synonyms:
    [Rare.] float, be wafted

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How to use waft in a sentence?

  1. Sanskrit Proverb:

    As far and wide the vernal breeze Sweet odours waft from blooming trees, So, too, the grateful savour spreads To distant lands of virtuous deeds.

  2. Omar Khayyam:

    Pagodas are, like mosques, true houses of prayer; ?Tis prayer that church bells waft upon the air; Kaaba and temple, rosary and cross, All are but divers tongues of world-wide prayer.


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