Drift

/dɹɪft/

Synonyms for "drift" (640 found)

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Noun(21 words)

movement trend adit aimlessness ambling blowing breeze breezing bums circulatingclock jittercoasting coastscourse deviationcurrents daydream derailment deviatedeviate from the routedeviations

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digressing

aberrancy aberration accumulation advance aeroplaneaffective meaningaffluence afflux affluxion aim airlift airplane alluvion alluvium ambleangular motionanthill army array ascending

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ascent atmosphericsaxial motionazimuth backflowing backingbackward motionballoon bankbank upbatbat aroundbatchbe a sidelinerbe airbornebe stillbear offbearing bend bent bias blaring blastingblind spotbranching offbrownian movementbum bunch bundle career circuitousness climbing clump cluster clutch coast cock colony color coloring concourse confluence conflux connotation consequence contemplate cornercount tiescourse crawling creeping crook crosscurrent cruise current curve dance dart debris declination defluxion delay denotation departure deposit descending descent detour detritus deviance deviancy deviation deviousness digress digression diluvium

Verb(10 words)

alienated ambled amblesbe adriftblow blown cast coasteddeviate from the normdeviate from the plan

Adjective(1 words)

dazed

Strong matches (192)

directiondirection linediscursion disposition divagate divagation divarication diverge divergence diversiondo nothingdogleg double downflow downpourdownward motiondrift off coursedriftage drifting drive

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drove dune ebbing effect embankment err errantry essence excurse excursion excursus exorbitation extensionfade outfade-out fadingfall downfashion ferryfetch awayflicker flight flit flitter float flock flood flow flowing fluency flutter flux fly foot forceforward motiongadgad aboutgallivant gam gang ghost gistglacial movementglidego aboutgo astraygo the roundsgrammatical meaninggroup gush hairpinhang firehaycock haymow hayrick haystack heading heapheap uphelmsmanship herd hibernate hillhit the roadhit the trailhobo hop host hover hydroplane idea idle impact implication import inaction inclination inclining indirection inflow intension intent intention interference jaunt jet kennelknock aboutknock aroundlay leewaylexical meaninglielie dormantlineline of directionline of marchlingerliteral meaninglitter loess lot loungemain currentmainstreammake leewaymass maunder meander meaning migrate

Verb(20 words)

disaffects diverges drowsed eddied err float floated fluctuates fluttered freewheel gads glided gravitates hovered languished languishes lapsing maundered maunders meandered

Noun(35 words)

disconnection dodders dozing drifter estrangingfashion trendsfloat floatingfloating conductorfloating groundfloats flowfocus driftfreewheeling freewheels gallery glide glidinggo awrygondolas

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gradually changingheadingicelandic straumurimpetus impulsion incline intent languishing lapse lapses lean lilting maundering meanders meaning

Adjective(5 words)

dutch trendestrangedgiven spacehistorical trendslinguistic gradual drift

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mill runmillrace molehill mooch mope moraine mosey motion mound mountain mounting movement mow muck navigate navigation noise nomadizenot budgenot stir

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objectoblique motionobliquity ongoing onrushonward courseorientation outflow overtone pack parcel partiality pass passagepay offpenchant peregrinate pererrate pererration pertinence pilepile uppiloting pithplow the deepplunging pod pointpractical consequencepredilection pride progress progression project propensity prowl purport purpose pyramid quarter raceradial motionramble ramblingrandom motionrangerange of meaningreal meaningreception reference referent reflowing refluence reflux regression relation relevance rest retrogression rick rideride the searising roam rove ruck runrun aboutrush sag sail sailplane saunter school scope scree scud seaplane sedimentsemantic clustersemantic fieldsense set sheer shift shiftingshifting courseshifting pathshoal shock shootsideward motionsignificance signification significatum signifie silt sinking sintersit backsit it outskew skim skulk slant slide slip sloth snake snowdrift soar soaringspan of meaningspate spirit stackstack upstagnate static steerage steering sternway stockpile straggle strain stray straying stream strollstructural meaningsubsiding substance sumsum and substancesurge sweep swerve swerving swing swingingsymbolic meaningtacktake it easytake the airtake wingtemper tendency tenorthe general tendencythe main coursethread tidetime spirittonetotality of associationstrack traipse traject trajet tramptransferred meaningtrend trip troop turn turning twisttwist and turnunadorned meaningundercurrent undertone undertowupward motionvagabond vagabondize value variation veer vegetate volplane waftwait and seewalk the trackswalk the waterswander wandering warp washwatch and waitwater flowway wayfare wind wing yawyaw offzeitgeist zigzag

Noun(63 words)

misalignment moseys motionmove lazilymoving floenomadold norse straumurpurport purpose puttering raft rafting rafts rambles random-walk ranger ranging roamer roaming romes

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shamblingshift patternshiftiness skidding sleepwalk sleepwalking slides sliding slitheringspace the testsstatistical shiftstrays swanstangent issuetemperature measurement errortend tendencies tendency tenors theme tides tiding till toddling tootle traipsestrending towardtunnels vagabonding veer veering waft wafting wafts wander wandererwaterfall downwavering waviness womble woolgathering wrackzone out

Verb(32 words)

puttered rafted ramble range ranged roam roamed roams roll rove roved roves sauntered skidded sleepwalked straggled straggles stray strayed strolled

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swan tided toddled toddles tramp vagabond vagabonded veers wafted wander wandered wanders

Adjective(7 words)

random focusspaceward driftspontaneous mind wanderingstatistical trendunfocused exerciseunfocussedunrelated history project

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More general

48 entries

accumulate action activity amass being change circulate concept conglomerate crop cumulate deviation disposition divergence exist

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More specific

17 entries

conversation driftcultural driftdrift ashoredrift downstreamdust drifteconomic driftnomadopinion driftpolitical driftroamersand driftsnowdrifttaste drifttheme topictopic drift

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Collocations

13 entries

drift of ideasdrift ratedriftage drifter drifting driftless driftline driftwooddust driftpolicy driftsand driftsnow driftwind drift

Inflections

3 entries

drifted drifting drifts

Derivations

4 entries

driftage drifter driftwood drifty

similar

16 entries

be adriftblow cast err float freewheel ramble range roam roll rove stray swan tramp vagabond wander

Sample sentences

38 total sentences available.

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Many people drift through life without a purpose.

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Waves of joy drift through my opened heart.

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Maybe, but I can't catch the drift of even simple situations.

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The drift of the current is to the south.

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