adrift

/ədɹˈɪft/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. aimlessly drifting
2. afloat on the surface of a body of water
   “after the storm the boats were adrift”

adverb

1. floating freely; not anchored
   “the boat was set adrift”
2. off course, wandering aimlessly
   “there was a search for beauty that had somehow gone adrift”

Synonyms for adrift

• afloat
• aimless
• directionless
• planless
• rudderless
• undirected
• purposeless

Words that rhyme with adrift

• lift
• shift
• drift
• gift
• swift
• sift
• rift
• airlift
• facelift
• makeshift
• spendthrift
• thrift
• forklift
• miffed
• shoplift
• shrift
• aerolift
• boatlift
• clift
• credithrift
• riffed
• seadrift
• sealift
• sniffed
• stiffed
• tifft
• tift