Definition for Adrift:

• Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig.

Synonyms for Adrift:

• adj.

  •afloat (adjective)
  • most drifting,
  • more drifting.
  •asea (adjective)
  • be fuddled,
  • most sailing,
  • more sailing,
  • be-fuddled.
  •astray (adjective)
  • more afield,
  • most adrift,
  • most afield,
  • off course,
  • off mark,
  • off the mark,
  • more adrift.
  •disoriented (adjective)
  • out of joint,
  • out-of-joint,
  • not adjusted,
  • all at sea,
  • off-beam.
  •friendless (adjective)
  • all alone,
  • all by one's self,
  • without ties.
  •uncertain (adjective)
  • asea.

• adv.

  •all (adverb)
  • adrift.

• v.

  •confused (verb)
  • bewildered.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • buoyant,
  • buoyancy,
  • forlorn,
  • shut off,
  • flotation,
  • stray,
  • behind,
  • lonely,
  • bereft,
  • undone,
  • blue-ribbon,
  • nip and tuck,
  • alone,
  • isolated,
  • alienated,
  • prize-winning,
  • abandoned,
  • lonesome,
  • estranged,
  • winningest,
  • unconnected,
  • rival,
  • award-winning,
  • float.
  •
  • winning,
  • desolate.
  •away
  • abroad.

Paraphrases for Adrift:

• Forward Entailment

  • Adjective
    drift.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    drift.

Antonyms for Adrift:

• adv.

  • floating out of control
    purposeful, tied down, Anchored, stable, determined.

• adv. & a.

  • Other antonyms:
    aground.

Adrift Sentence Examples:

• Our stores and the various articles we brought on the raft were now hoisted on board, and the structure which had cost us so much pains to build was cast adrift.

• You wouldn't have me turn the child adrift on the world again, would you, Clemantiny?"

Homophones for Adrift:

• atharva-veda, attribute, atropidae, atrophied.