ADJECTIVE | all | afloat, adrift, aimless, directionless, planless, rudderless, undirected | aimlessly drifting / drifting |
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all | afloat | borne on the water | |
all | afloat, awash, flooded, inundated, overflowing | covered with water |
Sounds | ahflow't | |
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Rhymes | anecdote ... zygote: 61 rhymes with owt... |
Meaning | aimlessly drifting / drifting. | |
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Synonyms | adrift, aimless, directionless, planless, rudderless, undirected | |
Broader | purposeless | not evidencing any purpose or goal / goal |
Meaning | borne on the water; floating. | |
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Narrower | adrift | afloat on the surface of a body of water |
floating | borne up by or suspended in a liquid / liquid | |
waterborne | supported by water | |
Opposite | aground | Stuck in a place where a ship can no longer float |
Spanish | flotante | |
Catalan | flotant |
Meaning | Covered with water. | |
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Example | "the main deck was afloat (or awash)" | |
Synonyms | awash, flooded, inundated, overflowing | |
Broader | full | Containing as much or as many as is possible or normal |
Spanish | desbordado, inundada, inundado | |
Catalan | desbordat, inundat |
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