| Main Entry: | drift |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accumulation |
Synonyms: |
alluvion, bank, batch, bunch, bundle, clump, cluster, deposit, heap, hill, lot, mass, mound, mountain, parcel, pile, set, shock, stack |
| Main Entry: | drift |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meaning, significance of communication |
Synonyms: |
aim, design, direction, end, gist, implication, import, intention, object, progress, progression, purport, scope, significance, tendency, tenor |
| Main Entry: | drift |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move aimlessly |
Synonyms: |
accumulate, aim, amass, amble, be carried along, coast, dance, draw near, flicker, flit, flitter, float, flow, flutter, gad, gallivant*, gather, go with the tide, go-that-a-way, gravitate, hover, kick around, linger, malinger, meander, mosey, muck, ride, sail, saunter, scud, skim, slide, stray, stroll, tend, waft, wander, wash* |
Antonyms: |
decide, direct, guide, set |
| Main Entry: | amble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk casually |
Synonyms: |
ankle, boogie, dawdle, drift, gander, hoof it, loiter, meander, mosey, percolate*, ramble, sashay, saunter, stroll, toddle, wander |
Antonyms: |
run |
| Main Entry: | aptitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inclination |
Synonyms: |
bent, disposition, drift, leaning, predilection, proclivity, proneness, propensity, tendency |
| Notes: | aptitude and attitude derive from Latin aptitudo 'fitness,' the first through French, the second through a French borrowing of Italian attitudine |
Antonyms: |
disinclination, inaptitude, skillessness |
| Main Entry: | buoy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | floating device |
Synonyms: |
beacon, drift, float, guide, marker, signal |
| Main Entry: | coast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | glide along without much effort |
Synonyms: |
cruise, drift, float, freewheel, get by, ride on current, sail, skate, slide, smooth along, taxi |
| Main Entry: | cruise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sail |
Synonyms: |
boat, coast, drift, fare, gad, gallivant, go, hie, jaunt, journey, keep steady pace, meander, navigate, pass, proceed, push on, repair, travel, voyage, wander about, wend |
| Main Entry: | current |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flow of something, usually water |
Synonyms: |
course, draught, drift, ebb and flow, flood, flux, jet, juice, progression, river, run, rush, spate, stream, tidal motion, tide |
| Main Entry: | definition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | description |
Synonyms: |
analogue, annotation, answer, characterization, clarification, clue, comment, commentary, cue, delimitation, delineation, demarcation, denotation, determination, diagnosis, drift, elucidation, exemplification, explanation, explication, exposition, expounding, fixing, formalization, gloss, individuation, interpretation, key, outlining, rationale, rendering, rendition, representation, settling, signification, solution, statement of meaning, terminology, translation |
Antonyms: |
ambiguity, nonsense, vagueness |