Word Meanings - ADRIFT - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig. So on the sea shall be set adrift. Dryden. Were from their daily labor turned adrift. Wordsworth.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ADRIFT)
- Abroad
- Far
- away
- apart
- dispersed
- aloof
- adrift
- about
- distracted
- confused
- Afloat
- Adrift
- abroad
- at sea
- abroach
- loose
- dazed
- Agog
- astir
- agoing
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of ADRIFT)
Related words: (words related to ADRIFT)
- AGOUARA
The crab-eating raccoon , found in the tropical parts of America. - DISPERSION
The separation of light into its different colored rays, arising from their different refrangibilities. Dispersion of the optic axes , the separation of the optic axes in biaxial crystals, due to the fact that the axial angle has different values - CONFUSIVE
Confusing; having a tendency to confusion. Bp. Hall. - AGO
Past; gone by; since; as, ten years ago; gone long ago. (more info) by, AS. agan to pass away; a- (cf. Goth. us-, Ger. er-, orig. meaning - AGONOTHETE
An officer who presided over the great public games in Greece. - CONFUS
Confused, disturbed. Chaucer. - AGONY
1. Violent contest or striving. The world is convulsed by the agonies of great nations. Macaulay. 2. Pain so extreme as to cause writhing or contortions of the body, similar to those made in the athletic contests in Greece; and hence, extreme pain - DISTRACTION
1. The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation. To create distractions among us. Bp. Burnet. 2. That which diverts attention; a diversion. "Domestic distractions." G. Eliot. 3. A diversity of direction; detachment. His power went out in - RETAINMENT
The act of retaining; retention. Dr. H. More. - DAZZLEMENT
Dazzling flash, glare, or burst of light. Donne. - DISTRACTED
Mentally disordered; unsettled; mad. My distracted mind. Pope. - FASTENER
One who, or that which, makes fast or firm. - ASTIR
Stirring; in a state of activity or motion; out of bed. - APARTMENT HOUSE
A building comprising a number of suites designed for separate housekeeping tenements, but having conveniences, such as heat, light, elevator service, etc., furnished in common; -- often distinguished in the United States from a flat house. - APARTNESS
The quality of standing apart. - DISPERSED
Scattered. -- Dis*pers"ed*ly, adv. -- Dis*pers"ed*ness, n. Dispersed harmony , harmony in which the tones composing the chord are widely separated, as by an octave or more. - CONFUSE
1. To mix or blend so that things can not be distinguished; to jumble together; to confound; to render indistinct or obscure; as, to confuse accounts; to confuse one's vision. A universal hubbub wild Of stunning sounds and voices all confused. - LOOSEN
Etym: 1. To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a string, or a knot; to loosen a rock in the earth. After a year's rooting, then shaking doth the tree good by loosening - AGOING
In motion; in the act of going; as, to set a mill agoing. - CONFUSABILITY
Capability of being confused. - MYSTAGOGY
The doctrines, principles, or practice of a mystagogue; interpretation of mysteries. - ISAGOGE
An introduction. Harris. - HIPPOPHAGOUS
Feeding on horseflesh; -- said of certain nomadic tribes, as the Tartars. - LAGOON
1. A shallow sound, channel, pond, or lake, especially one into which the sea flows; as, the lagoons of Venice. 2. A lake in a coral island, often occupying a large portion of its area, and usually communicating with the sea. See Atoll. Lagoon - PHAGOCYTE
A leucocyte which plays a part in retrogressive processes by taking up , in the form of fine granules, the parts to be removed. - EMENAGOGUE
See EMMENAGOGUE - HARPAGON
A grappling iron. - VAGOUS
Wandering; unsettled. Ayliffe. - BEDAZZLE
To dazzle or make dim by a strong light. "Bedazzled with the sun." Shak. - GALACTOPHAGOUS
Feeding on milk. - PENDRAGON
A chief leader or a king; a head; a dictator; -- a title assumed by the ancient British chiefs when called to lead other chiefs. The dread Pendragon, Britain's king of kings. Tennyson. - PARAGOGE
The addition of a letter or syllable to the end of a word, as withouten for without. - MYSTAGOGIC; MYSTAGOGICAL
Of or pertaining to interpretation of mysteries or to mystagogue; of the nature of mystagogy. - ROUNDABOUTNESS
The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness. - MELANAGOGUE
A medicine supposed to expel black bile or choler. - SAGOIN
A marmoset; -- called also sagouin. - WAGON
The Dipper, or Charles's Wain. Note: This word and its compounds are often written with two g's , chiefly in England. The forms wagon, wagonage, etc., are, however, etymologically preferable, and in the United States are almost universally used.