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

Better drafts, uneven learning Autor and six co-authors published the study as a National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, which has not been peer-reviewed. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026

Writing her a letter might be helpful but write a few drafts first. — R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2026

The final version actually has more peeing than any previous drafts. — Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2026

Common warning signs include drafts, rising energy bills, difficult-to-open or lock windows, increased outside noise and frequent condensation. — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026

The New Zealand company’s process drafts wool around a high-performance filament without the twist used in conventional ring spinning. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026

During Smith's closed-door testimony last year, Smith's legal team said their client was barred from discussing that portion of the report, or any drafts of it, unless the information was already made public through other means. — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

Range and depth of contest formats (pick'em, drafts, salary cap). — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026

UmanWrite is an all-in-one AI writing platform that humanizes drafts and checks for AI patterns, and a lifetime subscription is on sale for $79 (reg. — New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2026

Verb

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

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