adrift
adverb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adverb
floating freely; not anchored
the boat wasset adrift
Related & opposite
- adriftp derived from
Sense 2 adverb
off course, wandering aimlessly
there was a search for beauty that had somehow gone adrift
Related & opposite
- afloatp derived from
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derived from | Related & opposite | adriftp |
| 2 | derived from | Related & opposite | afloatp |