Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb drift_apart

1 sense of drift apart

Sense 1
drift apart, drift away -- (lose personal contact over time; "The two women, who had been roommates in college, drifted apart after they got married")
       => estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect -- (arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness; "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious")