adrift

Meaning

Adj

1. Floating at random.
2. Absent from his watch.
3. (UK, often, with-of) Behind one's opponents, or below a required threshold in terms of score, number or position.

Adv

In a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves.

Synonyms

afloat

drifting

aimless

directionless

aimlessly

planless

drift

floating

undirected

rudderless

floting

driftingly

float

purposelessly

randomly

in the lurch

ramdomly

be without aim

have no aim

have no purpose

Translations

à deriva

a la deriva

à la dérive

alla deriva

serseri

treibend

έρμαιον

başıboş

على غير هدي

dériver

à l’abandon

ανεμοδαρμένος

αδέσποτος

andare alla deriva

senza direzione

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈdɹɪft/

Etymology

From a- + drift.