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adrift

How many syllables in adrift?

  2 syllables

Divide adrift into syllables:   a-drift
Stressed syllable in adrift:   a-drift
How to pronounce adrift:   uh-drift
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Synonyms for adrift


1 syllable
  • free
  • lost
  • loose
2 syllables
  • aimless
  • floating
3 syllables
  • in limbo
  • wandering
4 syllables
  • at a loose end
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What rhymes with adrift

1 syllable
  • clift
  • gift
  • miffed
  • shift
  • sift
  • stiffed
  • thrift
  • drift
  • lift
  • rift
  • shrift
  • sniffed
  • swift
2 syllables
3 syllables
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