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Synonyms for adrift
əˈdrɪftadrift

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  1. adrift

    Synonyms:
    loose, afloat, agog, abroad, abroach, distracted, disordered

    Antonyms:
    'fait victorious', tight, right, lashed, moored, secure, collected, composed

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  1. adrift(p), afloat(p), aimless, directionless, planless, rudderless, undirectedadjective

    aimlessly drifting

    Antonyms:
    aground(p), purposeful

  2. adrift(p)adverb

    afloat on the surface of a body of water

    "after the storm the boats were adrift"

    Antonyms:
    purposeful, aground(p)

  3. adriftadverb

    floating freely; not anchored

    "the boat wasset adrift"

    Antonyms:
    purposeful, aground(p)

  4. adriftadverb

    off course, wandering aimlessly

    "there was a search for beauty that had somehow gone adrift"

    Antonyms:
    purposeful, aground(p)

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  1. adriftadjective

    Synonyms:
    drifting, derelict, lost

  2. adriftadverb

    Synonyms:
    drifting, derelict, lost

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "adrift":

    drift

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#4605abroad
#5227loose
#11779drift
#23353distracted
#33861afloat
#34500disordered
#43713adrift
#134330agog

How to use adrift in a sentence?

  1. Deidre Berger:

    These young people have been uprooted and have been cast adrift, they are traumatized, and they have no structure in their daily lives.

  2. Luiz Carlos Heinze:

    If cabinet members are found guilty they have to go. Three have fallen and more could follow. That's not a problem. Temer will still have our support because Brazil was adrift and he has set the economy on a new course.

  3. Kamala Harris:

    Were at an inflection point. The constant chaos leaves us adrift. The incompetence makes us feel afraid, the callousness makes us feel alone. Its a lot. And heres the thing : We can do better and deserve so much more. We must elect a president who will bring something different, something better, and do the important work. A president who will bring all of us togetherBlack, White, Latino, Asian, Indigenousto achieve the future we collectively want. We must elect Joe Biden.

  4. Sherry Rehman:

    People are adrift, livestock and crops are damaged.

  5. Henrique Olifiers:

    Worlds Adrift allows you to go into the game and set your own objectives and go about the game however you choose.


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