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Antonyms for waft
wɑft, wæftwaft

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. waft

    Antonyms:
    sink, depress, bear down

    Synonyms:
    float, transport, bear

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Princeton's WordNet3.4 / 5 votes

  1. pennant, pennon, streamer, waftverb

    a long flag; often tapering

    Synonyms:
    banner, pennon, pinion, streamer, crown, pennant

  2. waftverb

    be driven or carried along, as by the air

    "Sounds wafted into the room"

  3. waftverb

    blow gently

    "A breeze wafted through the door"

How to use waft in a sentence?

  1. Omar Khayyam:

    Pagodas are, like mosques, true houses of prayer; ?Tis prayer that church bells waft upon the air; Kaaba and temple, rosary and cross, All are but divers tongues of world-wide prayer.

  2. Sanskrit Proverb:

    As far and wide the vernal breeze Sweet odours waft from blooming trees, So, too, the grateful savour spreads To distant lands of virtuous deeds.

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