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draft

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of draft

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

  • the draft of an average-sized oil tanker
Synonyms of draft

burden, cargo, freight, haul, lading, load, loading, payload, weight
Words Related to draft

consignment

boatload, carload, shipload, trainload, truckload, wagonload

ballast, deadweight

overload, surcharge

bale, bundle, pack, package, packet, parcel, shipment

manifest

body, bulk, mass

2 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 of draft

belt, drag, drink, gulp, nip, quaff, shot, sip, slug, snort, sup, swallow, swig, swill
Words Related to draft

dram, drop

3 noticeable movement of air in a particular direction

  • do you feel a draft from beneath the door?
Synonyms of draft

current, wind
Words Related to draft

blast, blow, flurry, gale, gust, headwind, squall, tailwind, tempest, tornado, windstorm

breath, breeze, puff, waft, zephyr

draft

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of draft

1 to pick especially for required military service

  • my grandfather was drafted to fight in a war that he opposed
Synonyms of draft

conscribe, conscript, levy
Words Related to draft

impress, press

enlist, enroll (also enrol), recruit

call up

sign up, volunteer
Near Antonyms of draft

discharge, muster out

2 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 of draft

cast, compose, craft, draw up, formulate, frame, prepare
Words Related to draft

fabricate, fashion, form, mold, sculpture, shape

couch, express, phrase, state, verbalize, word

author, indite, pen, write

conceive, concoct, devise

build, construct, make

assemble, compound, piece (together)

redraft, reformulate, reframe
Phrases Synonymous with draft

put together

3 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 of draft

bleed, drain, draw (off), pump, siphon (also syphon), tap
Words Related to draft

milk

suck

clear, empty, evacuate, exhaust, vacate, vacuate, void

decant, effuse

deplete

clean, flush, purge
Near Antonyms of draft

bathe, douse (also dowse), drench, soak, souse, wash, water, wet

deluge, drown, flood, inundate, overflow

submerge, swamp
Antonyms of draft

fill

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