Buoyant

//ˈbɔɪ.ənt//

Synonyms for "buoyant" (76 found)

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Closest matches (16)

cheerful floaty adaptable adaptive afloat airy animated blithe bouncy breezy bright carefree convalescent corky

Adjective(1 words)

berserk

Adjective(1 words)

chirpy

Strong matches (22)

debonair ebullient effervescent elastic expansive extensile flexible flexile flighty floatable floating free and easy gay good humored irrepressible jaunty joyful

Adjective(4 words)

exuberant happy hearty jovial

Adjective(1 words)

floaty

Related words (38)

Adjective(8 words)

joyous mellow mirthsome overjoyed sanguine solute successful thriving

light light-hearted lighthearted lightsome lively mercurial merry optimistic peppy perky racy recuperative recuperatory resilient responsive reviviscent sanguine spirited sportive springy

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stretch stretchable stretchy sunny supernatant unstable upbeat vivacious volatile

Adjective(1 words)

perky

Related word relations

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6 relation types

Synonyms

1 entries

floaty

Related terms

5 entries

Archimedes' principle buoy buoy up buoyancy buoying

derived

7 entries

buoyantly buoyantness nonbuoyant overbuoyant semibuoyant superbuoyant unbuoyant

derived from

1 entries

buoy

related to

8 entries

archimedes principle buoy buoy up buoyancy buoying float lighthearted lively

similar

3 entries

cheerful light

Translations

36 translations across 16 languages.

Dutch

1 entries

drijvend adj (able to float)

Estonian

2 entries

elurõõmus adj (lighthearted and lively)
ujuv adj (able to float)

Finnish

2 entries

kelluva adj (able to float)
kepeä adj (lighthearted and lively)

French

4 entries

flottable adj (able to float)
flottant adj (able to float)
gai adj (lighthearted and lively)
joyeux adj (lighthearted and lively)

German

4 entries

beschwingt adj (lighthearted and lively)
heiter adj (lighthearted and lively)
lebhaft adj (lighthearted and lively)
schwimmend adj (able to float)

Ido

2 entries

flotaciva adj (able to float)
lejera adj (lighthearted and lively)

Macedonian

1 entries

пловен adj (able to float)

Māori

4 entries

ngangahau adj (lighthearted and lively)
puhau adj (able to float)
puwhau adj (able to float)
pūrewa adj (able to float)

Romanian

3 entries

flotant adj (able to float)
plutitor adj (able to float)
vioi adj (lighthearted and lively)

Russian

2 entries

жизнера́достный adj (lighthearted and lively)
плаву́чий adj (able to float)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

plivajući adj (able to float)
plovan adj (able to float)

Spanish

1 entries

boyante adj (able to float)

Swedish

3 entries

flytande adj (able to float)
nyter adj (lighthearted and lively)
yster adj (lighthearted and lively)

Ukrainian

1 entries

плавни́й adj (able to float)

Vietnamese

1 entries

nổi adj (able to float)

Welsh

1 entries

hynawf adj (able to float)

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

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Salt water is more buoyant than fresh water.

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How can ships be buoyant when not even rocks are?

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Unsurprisingly, ducks are buoyant.

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She was in a buoyant mood.

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