Home › Words › D › driftlingdriftlingdriftling means one who is carried about, drifts, or wanders aimlessly; a drifter; wanderer; traveller.EtymologyFrom drift + -ling.nounOne who is carried about, drifts, or wanders aimlessly; a drifter; wanderer; traveller.e.g.“The low note is the voice Of the Spirit, God, Love, Saying. "Driftling! rejoice, There is harbor Above."” — 1888, Edward Doyle, Moody moments: poems - Page 56:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.drifter 79% match — A person who moves from place to place or job to job. vs driftling →drift 71% match — Movement; that which moves or is moved.; Anything driven at random. vs driftling →driftful 70% match — Marked by drift or lack of clear direction; drifty. vs driftling →driftlet 69% match — A little drift, as of snow. vs driftling →drifty 69% match — Tending or seeming to drift. vs driftling →driftlessly 68% match — In a driftless manner. vs driftling →driftfulness 68% match — The state, quality, or condition of being driftful. vs driftling →bedrift 67% match — To drift about; drift around. vs driftling →