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

The connection between Indigenous languages in Peru and Catalan exile was not part of the earliest drafts, but became the idea that brought the film into focus. — Callum McLennan, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026

That list includes Kansas City slugger Jac Caglianone, who was mocked to Colorado in some drafts, and has 21 home runs this season. — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 13 Aug. 2026

Of course, Gems’ multiple drafts were only the beginning; once the script was ready to green-light, Burton’s design and effects teams had to figure out how to actually bring Gems’ outrageous flights of imagination to life. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2026

Drainages are natural low-lying areas of land that can gather hot air and smoke and then generate intense drafts that drive a fire uphill with dangerous speeds. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026

Partial drafts of his work were carried along with him, soaked in Salinger’s sweat and imbued with his raw, instinctive reactions to conflict. — Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026

Early drafts of the No Surprises Act foresaw this very issue, said the Washington Examiner. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 6 Aug. 2026

Many discussion drafts undergo substantial revision or never reach enactment. — Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

The film had gone through multiple drafts, including versions written by Diablo Cody and Erin Cressida Wilson, before the studio ultimately pulled the plug. — Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026

Verb

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 agent drafts the reply, reconciles the invoice, books the meeting before anyone asks. — Robert J. Szczerba, Forbes.com, 7 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

Brian Schottenheimer drafts another Florida Gator For the second draft in as many years as head coach of the Cowboys, Brian Schottenheimer -- a University of Florida graduate -- has taken a Gator off the board. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Apr. 2026