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drifting

ADJECTIVE
afloat
Synonyms
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adrift
Antonyms
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aground ashore beached docked
ADJECTIVE
aimless
Synonyms
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desultory erratic frivolous haphazard indiscriminate pointless random
WEAK
accidental any which way bits and pieces blind capricious careless casual chance directionless fanciful fickle fits and starts flighty fortuitous goalless heedless hit-or-miss indecisive irresolute objectless purposeless shiftless stray thoughtless unavailing undirected unguided unplanned unpredictable vagrant wandering wanton wayward
Antonyms
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definite methodical particular sensible specific systematic
WEAK
determined directed goal-oriented motivated pointed purposeful resolute
ADJECTIVE
carried
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STRONG
borne lugged toted
ADJECTIVE
errant
Synonyms
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aberrant erratic offending stray unorthodox wayward
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deviating devious errable erring fallible heretic meandering misbehaving mischievous miscreant naughty off straight and narrow rambling ranging roaming roving shifting sinning straying unreliable wandering
Antonyms
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normal
WEAK
correct righteous
ADJECTIVE
flying
Synonyms
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aerial floating soaring
STRONG
express flapping fleet fluttering gliding hovering mobile plumed streaming swooping waving winging zooming
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aeronautical airborne avian mercurial on the wing speedy volant volar volitant
ADJECTIVE
idling
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STRONG
loafing lolling resting
Antonyms
STRONG
active
ADJECTIVE
migrant/migratory
Synonyms
WEAK
casual changing emigrating errant gypsy immigrant immigrating impermanent itinerant migrative migratorial mobile nomad nomadic on the move passing over passing through peripatetic ranging roving seasonal shifting temporary tramp transient transmigratory unsettled vagabond vagrant wandering
Antonyms
WEAK
staying
ADJECTIVE
migrational
Synonyms
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casual changing emigrating errant immigrant immigrating impermanent itinerant migrant migrative migratorial mobile nomad nomadic on the move passing over passing through peripatetic ranging roving seasonal shifting temporary tramp transient transmigratory unsettled vagabond vagrant wandering
ADJECTIVE
nomadic
Synonyms
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pastoral peripatetic wandering
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itinerate migrant migratory perambulant perambulatory roaming roving traveling vagabond vagrant wayfaring
Antonyms
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native settled
ADJECTIVE
purposeless
Synonyms
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aimless designless desultory empty feckless floundering fustian goalless good-for-nothing haphazard hit-or-miss indiscriminate irregular meaningless motiveless needless nonsensical pointless purportless random senseless uncalled for undirected unhelpful unnecessary unplanned unprofitable unpurposed vacuous wanton worthless
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decided deliberate determined planned purposeful significant useful
ADJECTIVE
transmigratory
Synonyms
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changing emigrating errant immigrant immigrating impermanent itinerant migrant migrational migrative migratorial mobile nomad nomadic on the move passing over passing through peripatetic ranging roving seasonal shifting temporary transient unsettled vagrant wandering
ADJECTIVE
vagabond
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down-and-out fly-by-night idle itinerant journeying mendicant moving peripatetic prodigal rambling roaming rootless roving sauntering shifting straggling stray strolling transient travelling unsettled wandering wayfaring
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aimless destitute errant fancy-free footloose migratory nomadic perambulant perambulatory shiftless wayward
Antonyms
STRONG
fixed permanent settled unmoving
WEAK
inhabiting
ADJECTIVE
wandering
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itinerant
STRONG
mobile
WEAK
migratory
ADJECTIVE
wandering
Synonyms
STRONGEST
meandering nomadic roving
STRONG
deviating migrant rambling roaming straying traveling unsettled vagabond vagrant wayfaring
WEAK
devious digressive errant erratic excursive landloping migratory planetary
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STRONG
settled
ADJECTIVE
wayfaring
Synonyms
STRONG
gadabout itinerant journeying peripatetic roving vagabond vagrant walking wandering
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globetrotting itinerate jet-setting nomadic perambulant perambulatory rambling rubbernecking voyaging
Antonyms
STRONG
settled
WEAK
unmoving
ADVERB
adrift
Synonyms
STRONGEST
afloat
WEAK
loose unanchored unmoored
Antonyms
WEAK
anchored on course tied down
NOUN
boating
Synonyms
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rowing sailing
STRONG
canoeing cruising paddling sculling trawling yachting
NOUN
digression
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detour footnote
STRONG
apostrophe aside deflection departure difference divagation divergence diversion episode excursion excursus incident note parenthesis variation wandering
WEAK
discursion obiter dictum rambling
Antonyms
STRONG
accord agreement sameness similarity
WEAK
directness straightness
NOUN
irrelevancy
Synonyms
STRONG
apostrophe aside deflection departure detour deviation difference divagation divergence divergency diversion episode excursion excursus footnote incident note parenthesis tangent variation wandering
WEAK
discursion obiter dictum rambling
Antonyms
STRONG
accord agreement conformity sameness similarity uniformity
NOUN
parenthesis
Synonyms
STRONG
apostrophe aside deflection departure detour deviation difference divagation divergence divergency diversion episode excursion excursus footnote incident irrelevancy note tangent variation wandering
WEAK
discursion obiter dictum rambling
Antonyms
STRONG
accord agreement conformity sameness similarity uniformity

Example Sentences

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Smoke from the Santa Rosa Islands Fire has been drifting towards our region.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

One big point in stocks’ favor: While rates have been gradually drifting upwards, nothing like 2022’s barrage of rate hikes is on the table, at least so far.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Chances are you’ll be in good company there, with me and other musical daydreamers sharing the same sense of drifting into a bittersweet beyond.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

The Goldman team reports that recent behavior of the currency, steadily drifting upward, suggests a sustained move higher is “the right baseline.”

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

Gentlemen were rising now, drifting in a cloud of cigar smoke toward the same threshold where I stood.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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