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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
tenor, purport, intention, object; see meaning.
Something blown
bank, mass, pile, snowdrift; see heap.
A tunnel following a vein of ore
adit, underground passage, subway; see tunnel. See syn. study at tendency.

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drift

v.

float, ride, sail, cruise, coast, waft, wander aimlessly, wander at random, move with the current, gravitate, tend, be carried along, go with the tide, be caught in the current, wanderer, roam, rove, stray, go with the flow*, bum around*; see also flow 1, roam.

Antonyms steer*, push, pull.

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Another word for drift

verb

To move along with or be carried away by the action of water:
float, wash. See move
To pass smoothly, quietly, and undisturbed on or as if on a slippery surface:
coast, slide. See move
To move about at random, especially over a wide area:
gad, gallivant, meander, peregrinate, ramble, range, roam, rove, stray, traipse, wander. See move
To put into a disordered pile:
bank¹, heap, hill, lump¹, mound, pile (up), stack. See order

noun

A group of things gathered haphazardly:
agglomeration, bank¹, cumulus, heap, hill, mass, mess, mound, mountain, pile, shock², stack, tumble. See order
Something suggestive of running water:
current, flood, flow, flux, rush, spate, stream, surge, tide. See move
The general sense or significance, as of an action or statement:
amount, burden², import, purport, substance, tenor. Idioms: sum and substance, sum total. See meaning
The 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