Another word for drift
drift
n.
A tendency in movement
bent, tenor, trend, tendency, end, effort, inclination, course, impulse, impetus, propulsion, aim, scope, tone, goal, push, bias, set, gravity, leaning, progress, conduct, propensity, disposition, bearing, proneness, line, tack, set, spirit; see also direction 1, route 1.
Antonyms indifference*, aimlessness, inertia.
The measure or character of movement
deviation, wash, aberration, motion, leeway, flux, flow, current, stream, diversion, digression, swerving, sweep, warp, departure; see also flow.
General meaning
Something blown
A tunnel following a vein of ore
adit, underground passage, subway; see tunnel. See syn. study at tendency.
drift
v.
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Another word for drift
To move along with or be carried away by the action of water:
float, wash. See moveTo pass smoothly, quietly, and undisturbed on or as if on a slippery surface:
coast, slide. See moveTo move about at random, especially over a wide area:
gad, gallivant, meander, peregrinate, ramble, range, roam, rove, stray, traipse, wander. See moveTo put into a disordered pile:
bank1, heap, hill, lump1, mound, pile (up), stack. See order
A group of things gathered haphazardly:
agglomeration, bank1, cumulus, heap, hill, mass, mess, mound, mountain, pile, shock2, stack, tumble. See orderSomething suggestive of running water:
current, flood, flow, flux, rush, spate, stream, surge, tide. See moveThe general sense or significance, as of an action or statement:
amount, burden2, import, purport, substance, tenor. Idioms: sum and substance, sum total. See meaningThe thread or current of thought uniting or occurring in all the elements of a text or discourse:
aim, burden2, intent, meaning, purport, substance, tendency, tenor, thrust. See meaning
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drift. (n.d.). Retrieved January 15th, 2019, from https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/drift
