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drifting
adjective as in afloat
Strongest match
adjective as in aimless
Weak matches
- 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
adjective as in errant
adjective as in flying
adjective as in migrant/migratory
adjective as in migrational
adjective as in nomadic
adjective as in purposeless
Weak matches
adjective as in transmigratory
adjective as in vagabond
Strong matches
adjective as in wandering
adjective as in wayfaring
adverb as in adrift
Strongest match
Weak matches
noun as in boating
noun as in digression
noun as in irrelevancy
Example Sentences
Although much of Yoakam’s most celebrated work has centered on classic country themes such as hardship, heartache, loneliness and drifting, “Brighter Days” demonstrates considerable joy.
Original material began to emerge — songs that were melodic and oblique in equal measure, with arpeggiated guitar hooks and Stipe’s lyrics drifting in and out of focus.
Instead of drifting off to focus on your internal news ticker, you can practice anchoring yourself with a simple exercise.
Environmental groups say the testing demonstrates that these chemicals are drifting into nearby communities and being inhaled by passersby.
But we are drifting away from the point.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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