Synonyms of wafting

wafting 1 of 2

adjective

as in hovering

Related Words

• hovering
• sailing
• hanging
• drifting
• gliding
• poised
• floating
• awash
• free-floating
• afloat
• buoyant
• floaty
• unsinkable

Dissimilar Words

• sinking
• sunk
• high and dry
• aground

wafting

2 of 2

verb

present participle of waft

as in floating

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

• hovering
• floating
• sailing
• drifting
• swimming
• gliding
• hanging
• riding
• bobbing
• dangling
• poising
• suspending
• buoying
• rafting
• ballooning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• settling
• sinking
• plunging
• diving
• lunging
• dipping
• immersing
• submerging
• submersing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wafting

Verb

Aside from the change in hue, wafting smoke has impacted visibility and air quality – from the Great Lakes region to the Northeast – since Wednesday, July 15, and conditions are likely to persist through the weekend. — Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 16 July 2026

The lap-swimmer’s favorite, shiny new facilities at Hilda Solis Aquatic Center in the San Gabriel Valley include wafting notes of lavender and sage from a nearby indigenous garden. — Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026

The small fragments of colorful glass, strung along together, produce soothing sounds, their tinkling notes wafting through the air alongside a chorus of windchimes and the sweet scent of plumeria blooming in the garden. — Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2026

No smoke wafting through the parking lots, which included multiple empty sections. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 17 June 2026

Summer is here, your windows are open and the smell wafting in is of…car exhaust and the latest wildfire. — Emily Kwong, NPR, 16 June 2026

The unmistakable smell of cigar smoke is wafting about the corridor leading directly to the visitor’s locker room at Frost Bank Center. — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 14 June 2026

Authorities responded to complaints about a bad smell wafting from a gray Toyota SUV with California plates parked in a grocery store parking lot near the stadium, the Post reported. — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026

The wafting smell of buttery grits floats in the air and the sound of oil crackling in pans bounces off concrete walls. — Delia Rose Sauer, Miami Herald, 11 June 2026