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 important bits are the footnotes, the sketches and scratched-out drafts. — Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2026

Without clear priorities, AI can pull people into endless rabbit holes, generating more ideas, drafts and analyses without actually moving the needle. — Chris Ernst, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026

There are several good reasons to take your window AC out, instead of leaving it in, including to prevent air leaks and drafts which can find their way into the house through gaps around the AC unit. — Timothy Dale, The Spruce, 14 Sep. 2026

Thanks to its warm hues and woven pattern, this throw adds sophisticated texture to your space and will ward off chills and drafts once temperatures drop. — Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2026

After that, Ballard turned his attention to one of the most pivotal drafts in franchise history. — James Boyd, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Two decades and many drafts later, the project pulled in her academic background in gender studies alongside something more personal. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

The plot is a movie within a movie, the story paralleling multiple screenplay drafts of the new Stab 3 — the slasher series within the Scream universe based on its real-life events. — Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2026

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

Verb

If an agent drafts a defective indemnity clause or cites a case that does not exist, no software company appears in court to answer for it. — Charles Lew, Forbes.com, 1 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

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