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

Imagine a junior team member on a long project watching the same questions get asked over and over, because the information is scattered across emails, meeting notes, and old drafts. — Stacy L. Hambleton, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026

In the years since his death, demos and early drafts sung in concert have shown how deliberately Elliott pared his lyrics back and tinkered with phrases, sometimes changing lines even after an album was finished. — Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026

The fantasy football season is just around the corner, with most drafts taking place over the next three weeks leading up to NFL Kickoff on September 9. — Jonathan Rubin, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2026

League-winning heroes in 2026 Trevor Lawrence, Parker Washington offer good values in this year’s drafts. — Jess Bryant, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Accountable Editors Protect Published Work The rule at our agency is that AI drafts, and humans decide. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

The platform manages client dashboards, drafts performance reports, monitors data quality, flags anomalies, supports internal operations, and synthesizes context from meetings so leaders are not forced to sit in every room to stay informed. — Ethan M. Stone, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026

This training shows users how to create stronger first drafts faster—not hand responsibility to a chatbot. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 18 Aug. 2026

With every pass, every run, every possession and every game this season, the question will be whether Miami, in one of the most quarterback-rich NFL drafts in recent memory, should select a quarterback in the top three rounds. — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2026

Verb

For the past two years, most of healthcare's AI conversation has centered on the co-pilot—a smart assistant that drafts a note, summarizes a chart or answers a question while a human stays firmly in the driver's seat. — Tammy Hawes, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 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

At the beginning of each year, Khare drafts up a list of her craziest concepts for episodes. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 1 June 2026

Thursday’s order also drafts Treasury, which must launch the website by the time the Saver’s Match goes live in 2027, to run an awareness campaign and issue guidance on how private-sector donors can contribute to the workers’ IRAs. — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 30 Apr. 2026