Synonyms for Adrift | WordToolSet

Synonyms for "adrift" (206 found)

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Closest matches (42)

Adjective(2 words)

abashed aberrant abroad afloatall abroadall offall wrongalternating amiss amorphous apartaside fromaskew astray asunderat faultat seaaweigh awrybeside the mark

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beside the pointbeside the questionbewildered bothered capriciouscast offcast-off changeable changeful clear clueless confused corrupt deceptive defective delusive desultory deviable deviant

Adverb(1 words)

asea

Strong matches (61)

deviational deviative discomposed disconcerted dismayed disoriented distorted distracted distraught disturbed dizzy eccentric embarrassed errant erratic erring erroneous extraneous extrinsic fallacious

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falsefast and loosefaultful faulty fickle fitful flawed flickering flighty flitting floating fluctuating freakish free giddy guessing heretical heterodox illogical illusory immaterial impertinent impetuous impulsivein a fixin a mazein a picklein a scrapein a stewinadmissible inapplicable inapposite inappropriate incidental inconsequent inconsistent inconstant indecisive

Adjective(3 words)

directionless disoriented drifting

Related words (103)

infirm irregular irrelative irrelevant irresolute irresponsible loose lost mazed mazy mercurial moodynihil ad remnonessentialnot at issuenot rightnot trueoffoff the subjectoff the track

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Adjective(6 words)

planless rudderless unanchored undirected unfocused unmoored

Noun(1 words)

unanchored boat

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

5 entries

conditiondrifting conditionmanner adverbstate of being afloatstate of being unsettled

More specific

8 entries

aimlesslyboat adriftcareer adriftdinghy adriftdriftinglylifeboat adriftpolicy adriftteam adrift

Collocations

12 entries

adrift at seaadrift careeradrift for daysadrift lifeboatadrift policyadrift shipadrift teamadrift vesselbe adriftdrift adriftleft adriftremain adrift

Inflections

2 entries

more adriftmost adrift

Derivations

1 entries

adriftness

similar

2 entries

afloat purposeless

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The mast broke and our ship went adrift.

Source: tatoeba (32802)

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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