Drift off

Synonyms for "drift off" (24 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (5)

Noun(3 words)
Verb(2 words)
decrease concentrationdope off

Strong matches (7)

Verb(4 words)
doze offdrop offdrowse offfall asleep
Noun(3 words)
drowsefall asleepfell

Related words (12)

Verb(3 words)
flake outglazednod off
Noun(8 words)
go blanklose focusnod offsleep onsetsnoozespace outspacing outzone out
Adjective(1 words)

Related word relations

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

5 relation types

More general

7 entries

More specific

6 entries
daydreamdozenod offsleep onsetslip into sleepzone out

Collocations

10 entries
brief drift-offdrift off during classdrift off during the lessondrift off slowlydrift off to sleepdrift off while readingdrift-off episodedrift-off momentlong drift-offsudden drift-off

Inflections

4 entries
drift-offsdrifted offdrifting offdrifts off

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He went to sleep, lying there under a wing of his plane, and presently Bland himself drifted off into dreams.

Source: wiktionary