Adrift Synonyms and Antonyms

ə-drĭft
Aimlessly drifting
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. afloat
  2. directionless
  3. loose
  4. drifting
  5. aimless
  6. unanchored
  7. planless
  8. rudderless
  9. undirected
  10. unstuck
Floating out of control
(Adverb)
Synonyms:
  1. afloat
  2. aimless
  3. astray
  4. aweigh
  5. derelict
  6. insecure
  7. loose
  8. straying
  9. wandering
Antonyms:
  1. purposeful
  2. anchored
  3. stable
  4. determined
  5. tied-down
Off course
(Adverb)
Antonyms:
  1. on-course
  2. on-target
Synonyms:
(Noun)
  1. unstaid
  2. wavery

Words Related to Adrift

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

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Adrift Sentence Examples

  • Prevented by ill-health from serving his full term, he found himself adrift in the world, without money or friends.

  • The commander, Lieutenant William Bligh, was set adrift in the launch with part of the crew, but managed to make his way to Timor in the Malay Archipelago.

  • The Turkish fleet, "adrift in the Archipelago" - as the British seamen put it - though greatly superior in tonnage and weight of metal, could never be a match for the Greek brigs, manned as these were by trained, if not disciplined, crews.

  • After a horrible weeping fit, Alice sees the bottle and shrinks herself again, only to find herself adrift in a sea of her own tears.

  • We are often adrift in an illusion that seems real.

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