Synonyms of wafted

wafted

verb

past tense of waft

as in hovered

to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air

a feather wafted past us and settled on the grass

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hovered
• floated
• sailed
• drifted
• swam
• glided
• rode
• poised
• bobbed
• hung
• suspended
• dangled
• buoyed
• rafted
• ballooned

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• settled
• sank
• plunged
• dived
• lunged
• dipped
• submerged
• immersed
• submersed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wafted

Hall has many fond memories of working with founder Yves Saint Laurent, not least as the inaugural face of the brand’s Opium scent, which wafted across the set. — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026

Inside of the Linc, the sweet smell of Chickie’s & Pete’s crab fries wafted, beers were poured, and rhinestone eye makeup set. — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2026

Tendrils of smoke still wafted over the charred vessel by midday Thursday. — CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026

Tendrils of smoke still wafted over the charred vessel by midday. — ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026

Just then, the strains of a familiar song wafted across the store, and Valencia and Zegarra followed it, past a Lightning McQueen replica, to a tiny area where a half-dozen child-size chairs were arranged before a screen. — Daniel Alarcón, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

Meanwhile top women’s seed Aryna Sabalenka complained when the smell of marijuana wafted from crowd to court. — Greg Cote september 6, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2026

Rarely has a film so resourcefully evoked the transportive but decidedly analog thrill of reading; rarely has the warmly musty smell of research libraries and archives somehow wafted with such sense-memory precision off a cinema screen. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

That kind of tall tale spirit wafted through the air the entire night, says Miller. — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 24 Aug. 2026