wafting
The word “wafting” has 2 syllables: waft-ing
It's pronounced as /ˈwɑːftɪŋ/
What is synonym and antonym for wafting?
In the thesaurus, “wafting” has 54 synonyms and 14 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for wafting along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for wafting
- afloat
- air
- awash
- ballooning
- blast
- blow
- bobbing
- breath
- breeze
- buoyant
- buoying
- chinook
- cyclone
- dangling
- draft
- draught
- drifting
- floating
- floaty
- flurry
- flutter
- free
- free-floating
- gale
- gliding
- gust
- hanging
- hollow
- hot air
- hovering
- inflated
- light
- loose
- mistral
- nonsubmersible
- poised
- poising
- puff
- rafting
- riding
- sailing
- soaring
- suspending
- swimming
- tempest
- typhoon
- unattached
- unsinkable
- unsubstantial
- volatile
- whiff
- whirlwind
- whisk
- zephyr
Antonyms for wafting
- aground
- calm
- dipping
- diving
- high and dry
- immersing
- lunging
- plunging
- settling
- sinking
- submerged
- submerging
- submersing
- sunk
Meanings of wafting
- verb
- To (cause to) float easily or gently through the air.
- To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.
- To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon.
- noun
- An instance of wafting; the action of something that wafts.
Example Sentences
- In the tranquil garden, the scent of blooming flowers was gently wafting through the air.
- As the chef prepared the aromatic dish, the enticing smell of spices started wafting from the kitchen.
- The ocean breeze carried the invigorating scent of saltwater, wafting along the coastal boardwalk.
- The hiker paused to appreciate the fresh pine scent wafting from the surrounding evergreen trees.
- From the bakery, the delicious aroma of freshly baked bread was unmistakably wafting down the street.
On this page you'll find 68 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to wafting, such as: afloat, aground, air, awash, ballooning, blast, blow.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
hanging
- assuming
- balancing
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- bowed
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- swimming
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rafting
- ballooning
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- buoying
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- drifting
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- gliding
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- poising
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- sailing
- suspending
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- wafting
sailing
- abandonment
- abyssal
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- adrift
- aeronautics
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- aquatic
- awash
- ballooning
- befuddled
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- biking
- boat trip
- boating
- bobbing
- bow out
- bowling
- breezing
- brushing
- buoyant
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- canoeing
- captaincy
- captainship
- coasting
- commutation
- competing
- confused
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- crossing
- cruising
- dangling
- darting
- dashing
- decampment
- deep-sea
- desertion
- drifting
- drive
- driving
- egress
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- escape
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- excursion
- exit
- exodus
- expatriation
- expedition
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- farewell
- fast
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- gliding
- globetrotting
- going
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- hanging
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- hegira
- helmsmanship
- hollow
- hop
- hovering
- hurrying
- inflated
- jaunt
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- junket
- kayaking
- leave-taking
- light
- loose
- making sail
- marine
- maritime
- migration
- movement
- nautics
- naval
- navigating
- navigation
- navigational
- nonsubmersible
- ocean travel
- oceangoing
- oceanic
- oceanographic
- overnight
- paddling
- parting
- passage
- passenger
- pelagic
- peregrination
- pilotage
- piloting
- plotting a course
- poised
- poising
- powder
- puzzled
- quitting
- racing
- rafting
- ramble
- recession
- removal
- retirement
- retreat
- ride
- riding
- rolling
- rowing
- running
- rushing
- sail
- sailorly
- salty
- sculling
- sea trip
- sea-loving
- seafaring
- seagoing
- seamanship
- separation
- setting forth
- setting-out
- ship
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- sightseeing
- skimming
- sliding
- slipping
- soaring
- speeding
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- sporting
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- stampede
- start
- steam
- steerage
- steering
- streaming
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- sweeping
- swift
- swimming
- swing
- takeoff
- taking leave
- taking off
- taking ship
- tearing
- thalassic
- tour
- touring
- track
- transit
- trawling
- trek
- trekking
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- trotting
- unattached
- unsinkable
- unsubstantial
- vacation
- vanishing act
- volatile
- voyage
- voyaging
- wafting
- walk
- walkout
- wandering
- wanderlust
- wayfaring
- weekend
- whisking
- whizzing
- withdrawal
- withdrawing
- yachting
- zooming
zephyr
- air
- airflow
- aroma
- atmosphere
- blast
- blow
- breath
- breeze
- chinook
- current
- cyclone
- draft
- draught
- faint breeze
- firmament
- flatus
- flurry
- flutter
- gale
- gust
- headwind
- heaven
- heavens
- hot air
- mistral
- northeaster
- norther
- northwester
- odor
- ozone
- puff
- sea breeze
- sigh
- sky
- smell
- southeaster
- southwester
- squall
- stratosphere
- tailwind
- tempest
- tornado
- troposphere
- typhoon
- vapor
- ventilation
- waft
- wafting
- westerly
- whiff
- whirlwind
- whisk
- wind
- windstorm