BE ADRIFT Synonyms

• without aim; in an aimless manner

• the quality of lacking any definite purpose

• aimlessly drifting

• having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity

• socially disoriented

• aimless wandering from place to place

• continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another

• the act of someone who floats on the water

• borne up by or suspended in a liquid

• continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another

• inclined to move or be moved about

• (of a part of the body) not firmly connected; movable or out of normal position

• not definitely committed to a party or policy

• not evidencing any purpose or goal

• serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being

• lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance

• not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown

• not established or confirmed

• not certain to occur; not inevitable

• subject to change

• not consistent or dependable

• ambiguous (especially in the negative)

• travelling about without any clear destination

• migratory

• of a path e.g.

• having no fixed course

• To raise an anchor or to free a vessel from an anchor.

• (by extension) To liberate.

• To become loose or physically unattached.

• To release from a fixed position and allow to be moved.

• Not anchored; free or liberated.

• Not moored.

• Mentally immature, unstable, or lacking in emotional connections.

• To unfix or unsecure (a moored boat).

• To weigh anchor.

• a force that moves something along

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

• a process of linguistic change over a period of time

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

• a general tendency to change (as of opinion)

• the pervading meaning or tenor

• a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine

• be in motion due to some air or water current

• wander from a direct course or at random

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

• vary or move from a fixed point or course

• live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely

• move in an unhurried fashion

• cause to be carried by a current

• drive slowly and far afield for grazing

• be subject to fluctuation

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

• the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment

• the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public

• a drink with ice cream floating in it

• an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade

• a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco

• something that floats on the surface of water

• an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy

• be in motion due to some air or water current

• be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom

• set afloat

• circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with

• move lightly, as if suspended

• put into the water

• make the surface of level or smooth

• allow (currencies) to fluctuate

• convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation