Synonyms of drafts

drafts 1 of 2

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
• weights
• freights
• hauls
• shipments
• ladings
• bales
• packages
• consignments
• truckloads
• masses
• trainloads
• packets
• ballasts
• wagonloads
• deadweights
• packs
• carloads
• bundles
• parcels
• boatloads
• shiploads
• 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
• breaths
• windstorms
• gusts
• gales
• blasts
• puffs
• tempests
• squalls
• flurries
• zephyrs
• headwinds
• tailwinds
• wafts

drafts

2 of 2

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
• 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
• pumps
• taps
• empties
• sucks
• siphons
• draws (off)
• 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
• drowns
• inundates
• douses
• souses
• swamps
• deluges
• submerges

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of drafts

Noun

There’ve been a few different iterations of it and many, many drafts. — William Earl, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026

Odunze and Loveland were top-10 picks in their respective drafts, and Burden was a high second-rounder. — Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2026

Aside from pets, keep the trees away from cold drafts, radiators and forced-air heating vents, since temperature changes and dry indoor air will cause stress and leaf drop. — ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026

In the original drafts of the script, when Buddy left the North Pole in search of his human family, both his mother and father were still alive. — Andy Richter With Aaron Karo, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2026

Overlooking Drafts Around Plumbing Penetrations Benjamin warns that drafts around plumbing penetrations (where a plumbing feature passes through a structural boundary) can expose pipes to freezing temperatures. — Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Oct. 2026

Work changes first at the edges, through handoffs, reviews, templates, drafts, prototypes and partial deliverables. — Gleb Tsipursky, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026

Context-aware writing adapts drafts to your audience and purpose. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2026

Eric Pearson wrote the latest script, based on previous drafts by Shay Hatten and Brian Helgeland, who exec produces alongside Billy Acumen. — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2026

Verb

Whoever drafts a Generation Adidas player assumes that contract. — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026

They were not built for a group that invents its own vocabulary, drafts its own security protocols, and revises its own history when the record becomes inconvenient. — Michael Morris, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

The model does something remarkable—drafts the contract, triages the ticket, writes working code—and the room decides the future has arrived. — Vatsal Bhardwaj, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

And the draft wouldn’t be complete without the owner that drafts not one, but TWO defenses. — Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 16 Aug. 2026

If the league allows Freedom to be eligible, irrationally sticking to their anti-women progressive politics, but no team drafts Freedom in April 2027, it could be seen as discrimination. — Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2026

The chances the organization drafts a player between now and 2031 who can deliver on a skill line are not good. — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 31 July 2026

Military experts have previously told the Miami Herald that the Pentagon routinely drafts plans to give the president a range of options to attain foreign policy goals. — Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026

The same teenager who drafts op-eds to send to places like the Times plots his next battle attack. — Liana Handler follow, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026