adrift

Adjective Satellite

• aimlessly drifting
• afloat on the surface of a body of water
  • "after the storm the boats were adrift"

Adverb

• floating freely; not anchored
  • "the boat wasset adrift"
• off course, wandering aimlessly
  • "there was a search for beauty that had somehow gone adrift"

Adj

• Floating at random.
• Absent from his watch.
• 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.

Adjective

• Floating without being steered or moored.

Examples

• The team were six points adrift of their rivals.
• With only vowels on his rack, his game plan was completely adrift.

Synonyms

afloat, aimless, directionless, planless, rudderless, undirected

Anagrams of adrift