NEUSTONS Synonyms

• 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 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

• the floating wreckage of a ship

• the aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water

• (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment

• a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards; typically brightly-coloured

• float on the surface of water

• keep afloat

• mark with a buoy

• be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action

• to hang about in a place beyond the proper or usual time

• hang in the air; fly or be suspended above

• be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity

• hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing