Drifting Synonyms and Antonyms

To put into a disordered pile
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. stacking
  2. piling
  3. mounding
  4. lumping
  5. hilling
  6. heaping
  7. banking
To pass smoothly, quietly, and undisturbed on or as if on a slippery surface
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. sliding
  2. coasting
To move along with or be carried away by the action of water
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. washing
  2. floating
Wander from a direct course or at random
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. erring
  2. straying
Continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. aimless
  2. floating
  3. vagabond
  4. vagrant

Drifting Sentence Examples

  • I feel like we're drifting apart here.

  • Alex nodded, his gaze drifting over her body.

  • Her mind kept drifting between Xander and the marks on her arm from one of Jonny's goons.

  • The loess was created by the drifting of fine sand and dust.

  • Cynthia asked as she snuggled even closer, the earlier troubles of the day drifting even further away.

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