Synonyms of drafts

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noun

plural of draft

1

as in loads

a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported

the draft of an average-sized oil tanker

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loads
• payloads
• burdens
• cargoes
• loadings
• cargos
• weights
• freights
• hauls
• shipments
• ladings
• bales
• packages
• consignments
• truckloads
• masses
• shiploads
• trainloads
• packets
• ballasts
• wagonloads
• deadweights
• carloads
• bundles
• parcels
• boatloads
• packs
• overloads
• surcharges
• manifests
• bodies
• bulks

2

as in drinks

the portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one time

took a long draft of the beer before putting his mug down

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drinks
• sips
• gulps
• swallows
• nips
• belts
• swigs
• slugs
• shots
• snorts
• quaffs
• sups
• drops
• swills
• drams
• drags

3

as in winds

noticeable movement of air in a particular direction

do you feel a draft from beneath the door?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• winds
• breezes
• blows
• currents
• tornadoes
• tornados
• breaths
• windstorms
• gusts
• gales
• blasts
• puffs
• tempests
• squalls
• flurries
• zephyrs
• headwinds
• tailwinds
• wafts

drafts

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verb

present tense third-person singular of draft

1

as in recruits

to pick especially for required military service

my grandfather was drafted to fight in a war that he opposed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• recruits
• conscripts
• levies
• volunteers
• conscribes
• enlists
• enrolls
• presses
• calls up
• enrols
• impresses
• signs up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discharges
• musters out

2

as in prepares

to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form

draft a letter to the local newspaper giving your views on the problem

Synonyms & Similar Words

• prepares
• composes
• writes
• crafts
• frames
• casts
• formulates
• draws up
• words
• authors
• puts together
• forms
• shapes
• pens
• molds
• phrases
• states
• makes
• builds
• fashions
• verbalizes
• constructs
• devises
• sculptures
• fabricates
• assembles
• expresses
• redrafts
• pieces (together)
• compounds
• couches
• concocts
• conceives
• reformulates
• indites
• reframes

3

as in drains

to remove (liquid) gradually or completely

remember to draft the water from the pool so that we can close it up for the winter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drains
• taps
• pumps
• empties
• sucks
• draws (off)
• syphons
• siphons
• bleeds
• evacuates
• cleans
• purges
• milks
• flushes
• voids
• exhausts
• decants
• vacates
• vacuates
• effuses
• clears
• depletes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• waters
• fills
• washes
• floods
• wets
• bathes
• soaks
• drenches
• overflows
• deluges
• drowns
• inundates
• douses
• dowses
• souses
• swamps
• submerges