Afloat

/əˈfloʊt/

Synonyms for "afloat" (182 found)

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Closest matches (37)

Adjective(4 words)

aboard accidental accompanying ado adrift afootall aboardaloft alternating amorphous astirat floodat seaathwart the hawseathwarthawse awash aweighbandied aboutbefore the mastbruited about

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by seaby watercapriciouscast offcast-off changeable changeful circumstantial clear current deluged desultory

Adverb(1 words)

asea

Strong matches (54)

deviable dizzy doing drowned eccentric engulfed erratic eventuatingfast and loosefickle fitful flickering flighty flitting floating flooded fluctuating freakish free giddy

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going aboutgoing aroundgoing onhappening impetuous impulsivein circulationin handin sailin spatein the airin the newsin the windincidental inconsistent inconstant indecisive infirm inflood inundated irregular irresolute irresponsible loosemade publicmazy mercurial

Adjective(5 words)

directionless drifting floating flooded inundated

Verb(1 words)

floated

Noun(1 words)

floating ground

Related words (91)

moody occasional occurring onon boardon board shipon deckon footon shipboardongoing overwhelmed passing prevailing prevalent rambling reported restless resultant rickety rife

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roving rumored scatterbrained shaky shapeless shifting shifty shuffling spasmodic spineless started swamped swepttaking placetalked abouttopside unaccountable unanchored unbound uncertain uncontrolled undependableunder wayundisciplined undone unfastened unfixed unmoored unpredictable unreliable unrestrained unsettled unstableunstable as waterunstaid unsteadfast unsteady unstuck untied vacillating vagrant variable vicissitudinary vicissitudinous volatile wandering wanton washed water-borne water-washed wavering wavery wavy wayward whelmed whimsical whisperedwhispered aboutwishy washywishy-washy

Adjective(10 words)

on waterongoing operating operational overflowing planless rudderless solvent undirected viable

Noun(1 words)

pontoon

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

8 entries

buoyancyeconomic statusfigurative adverbfinancial conditionfloating stateoperational statusplace adverbstate of operation

More specific

14 entries

active projectboatcash flow positivehealthy balance sheetlifeboaton the surfaceon waterongoing initiativepositive cash flowprofitable operationraftrunning programshipstrong liquidity

Collocations

8 entries

afloat financiallyafloat on waterfinancially afloatkeep afloatkeep the project afloatremain afloatstay afloatstay financially afloat

Derivations

2 entries

afloatingly afloatness

Antonyms

1 entries

aground

similar

5 entries

adrift floating full purposeless waterborne

Sample sentences

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There are strange rumors afloat.

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The company managed to keep afloat.

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We only just manage to keep afloat on my husband's small salary.

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The ship was afloat at last.

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