adrift

Examples

• All

• The Nathaniel Palmer was found adrift, the crew infected and dead.

  Retrograde (2004)

• Oh, the joy of seeing the glorious old canvases bobbing adrift on those waters, discolored and shredded.

  Blog text (3)

• So he said he was adrift at sea and he said the US Coast Guard picked him up, right?

  Shawn Ryan Show

• But one of the ships did pick up a man adrift at sea.

  Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

• I'm currently out of fuel and adrift, do you copy?

  Gravity (2013)

• Immediately, the raft nudged away from the dock and we were adrift.

  Fiction book (1999)

• We saw boats adrift in the Andaman Sea looking for safe harbor where people could could disembark.

  Harvard University

• On its return voyage, the Indianapolis was torpedoed and its crew set adrift on life rafts.

  Fiction book (1998)

• SHIP'S ENGINEER OFFICER, ADRIFT 17 DAYS, LYING HERE FOR 4.

  The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977)

• The small boat was left adrift in the harbor after the storm passed.

Synonyms

A

afloat

vsadrift

7 4.2

Drifting without a clear direction, often about people or plans

is moving freely on water rather than being secured

U

unmoored

vsadrift

3 7.0

Not held in place and often feels unstable or uncertain

is about floating freely without being attached

F

flotant

vsadrift

• Archaic

8.2

Floating on water without sinking

is specifically free and not attached or anchored

W

waterborne

vsadrift

3.9

A craft or object that floats on water like a boat

is about floating freely rather than just being supported

U

unshored

vsadrift

9.9

Floating at sea and away from land

is about floating freely on water rather than its distance from land

Antonyms

A

attached

3.1

A building joined to another by a shared wall and not standing alone

How Adrift

drifting

3.7

adrift

7 4.4

afloat

1 2.0

tethered

5.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology