drift - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine

Synonyms

• drift
• gallery
• heading

More generic

• passageway

Noun

the pervading meaning or tenor

Synonyms

• drift
• purport

More generic

• strain
• tenor

Noun

a general tendency to change (as of opinion)

Synonyms

• drift
• movement
• trend

More generic

• disposition
• inclination
• tendency

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• evolutionary trend
• gravitation

Noun

a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents

Synonyms

• drift

More generic

• mass

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• drumlin
• snowdrift

Noun

a force that moves something along

Synonyms

• drift
• impetus
• impulsion

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• force

Noun

the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)

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• drift

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• action
• activity
• natural action
• natural process

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• leeway

Noun

a process of linguistic change over a period of time

Synonyms

• drift

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• linguistic process

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• melioration

Verb

be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current

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• drift

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• accumulate
• amass
• conglomerate
• cumulate
• gather
• pile up

Verb

be subject to fluctuation

Synonyms

• drift

More generic

• change

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• drift

Verb

drive slowly and far afield for grazing

Synonyms

• drift

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• crop
• graze
• pasture

Verb

cause to be carried by a current

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• drift

More generic

• float

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• be adrift
• blow
• drift
• float

Verb

move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

Synonyms

• cast
• drift
• ramble
• range
• roam
• roll
• rove
• stray
• swan
• tramp
• vagabond
• wander

More generic

• go
• locomote
• move
• travel

More specific

• gad
• gallivant
• jazz around
• maunder

Related

• drift
• err
• stray
• wander

Verb

be in motion due to some air or water current

Synonyms

• be adrift
• blow
• drift
• float

More generic

• go
• locomote
• move
• travel

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• stream
• tide
• waft

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• drift
• float

Verb

move in an unhurried fashion

Synonyms

• drift

More generic

• circulate

Related

• drift
• freewheel

Verb

wander from a direct course or at random

Synonyms

• drift
• err
• stray

More generic

• go
• locomote
• move
• travel

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• cast
• drift
• ramble
• range
• roam
• roll
• rove
• stray
• swan
• tramp
• vagabond
• wander

Verb

live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely

Synonyms

• drift
• freewheel

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• exist
• live
• subsist
• survive

Related

• drift

Verb

vary or move from a fixed point or course

Synonyms

• drift

More generic

• vary

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• drift

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