The mast broke and our ship went adrift.
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Adrift
//əˈdɹɪft//
Synonyms for "adrift" (200 found)
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Closest matches (40)
Strong matches (60)
deviantdeviationaldeviativedirectionlessdiscomposeddisconcerteddismayeddisorienteddistorteddistracteddistraughtdisturbeddizzyeccentricembarrassederranterraticerringerroneousextraneous
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extrinsicfallaciousfalsefast and loosefaultfulfaultyficklefitfulflawedflickeringflightyflittingfloatingfluctuatingfreakishfreegiddyguessinghereticalheterodoxillogicalillusoryimmaterialimpertinentimpetuousimpulsivein a fixin a mazein a picklein a scrapein a stewinadmissibleinapplicableinappositeinappropriateincidentalinconsequentinconsistentinconstant
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (100)
indecisiveinfirmirregularirrelativeirrelevantirresoluteirresponsiblelooselostmazedmazymercurialmoodynihil ad remnonessentialnot at issuenot rightnot trueoffoff the subject
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off the trackone by oneoutout-of-the-wayparentheticparentheticalpeccantperturbedperversepervertedpiecemealput output-outramblingrestlessricketyrovingscatterbrainedself-contradictoryseparatelyseverallyshakyshapelessshiftingshiftyshufflingspasmodicspinelessstartedstrayingturned aroundunaccountableunanchoredunbounduncertainuncontrolledundependableundisciplinedundoneunessentialunfactualunfastenedunfixedunmooredunorthodoxunpredictableunprovedunreliableunrestrainedunsettledunstableunstable as waterunstaidunsteadfastunsteadyunstuckuntieduntrueupsetvacillatingvagrantvariablevicissitudinaryvicissitudinousvolatilewanderingwantonwaveringwaverywavywaywardwhimsicalwidewishy washywishy-washywithout a cluewrong
Adjective(3 words)
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Synonyms
1 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
11 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
21 translations across 13 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- a la deriva adj (floating at random)
Cornish
1 entries- dilewys adj (floating at random)
Danish
1 entries- drivende omkring adj (floating at random)
Finnish
2 entries- tuuliajolla adj (floating at random)
- tuuliajolla adv (in a drifting condition)
French
2 entries- à la dérive adj (floating at random)
- à la dérive adv (in a drifting condition)
German
2 entries- abtreibend adj (floating at random)
- abtreiben adv (in a drifting condition)
Hindi
1 entries- अपवाहित adj (floating at random)
Italian
2 entries- alla deriva adj (floating at random)
- alla deriva adv (in a drifting condition)
Malay
1 entries- hanyut adj (floating at random)
Portuguese
2 entries- à deriva adj (floating at random)
- à deriva adv (in a drifting condition)
Romanian
2 entries- în derivă adj (floating at random)
- în derivă adv (in a drifting condition)
Spanish
2 entries- a la deriva adj (floating at random)
- a la deriva adv (in a drifting condition)
Swedish
2 entries- på drift adj (floating at random)
- utan mal adj (floating at random)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
When we awoke, we were adrift on the open sea.
Source: tatoeba (323711)
Their boat is adrift.
Source: tatoeba (2445309)
Two people spent the night adrift after their boat capsized in choppy waters.
Source: tatoeba (2941957)
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