drifty

Examples

• All

• On icy roads, the car became drifty and hard to control.

• As the wind picked up, the kite became drifty, moving off course into the open sky.

• Her thoughts grew drifty as she stared out the window during the long meeting.

• The boat felt drifty in the strong current.

• Why is your mind so drifty today?

• The small boat felt oddly drifty in the current, slowly sliding away from the shore.

• On icy roads, the car became drifty and hard to control.

Synonyms

S

shifty

vsdrifty

1 6.7

Something that moves and changes direction suddenly and often

moves off course by being carried or losing control rather than choosing change

S

squirrely

vsdrifty

• Informal

1 8.6

Moving in a way that is not steady and hard to control, like a car

tends to move off course because outside forces carry it away

D

drifting

vsdrifty

3.7

Not staying in one place or job for long

describes physical wandering caused by wind, current, or lack of control

Antonyms

S

to steady

41 3.4

To make yourself or something stop moving

C

controlled

3.4

Kept within limits by careful management

How Drifty

adrift

7 4.4

drifty

7.1

unsteady

16 3.3

stable

473 2.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology