Floating

/ˈfloʊtɪŋ/

Synonyms for "floating" (153 found)

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Closest matches (31)

absentee votingadrift afloat aquaplaning aquaticsaustralian crawlawash backstrokeballot-box stuffingbalneation bathe bathing breaststroke buoyant butterflycard votingcircumforaneous clear colonizationcoming out

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crawlcumulative systemcumulative votingcurtain raiserdebut discursive

Noun(4 words)

afloat buoyancy buoyant buoying

Adjective(1 words)

aimless

Strong matches (46)

divagatory divingdog paddledriftingelection fraudembarkation embarkment errant finfirst appearancefishtail flapper flipper flitting floatable floaty flotation footloosefootloose and fancy-freefree

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fugitive gadding gypsy-like gypsyishhare systeminaugural addressinauguration induction initiation installation installment introduction landloping launching

Noun(8 words)

drift float floatation flotation glide hover hovering introduce

Adjective(2 words)

driftingdrifting organisms

Verb(2 words)

floated levitated

Related words (76)

Noun(9 words)

levitating levitationmore ungroundednatationnot earthednot groundedoffer propose unanchored

list systemloosemaiden speechmeandering migrant migrational migratory movable natation nomad nomadic openerplural systemprpreferential systempreferential votingpreliminaryproportional representationproxy votingrambling

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ranging repeating rickety roaming roving shaky shifting sidestrokesingle systemsingle transferrable votesingle-member districtstraggling straying strolling supernatant surfboarding surfing swim swimming traipsing transient transitory transmigratorytreading waterunanchored unbound undone unfastened unfixed unstuck untied unveiling vagabond vagrant vote votingvoting machinewading wandering water-borne waterskiing

Adjective(6 words)

unfixed quoteungroundedungrounded statementungrounded wirevagabond vagrant

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

10 entries

communication idea motion movementphysical processphysical propertypropertysurface movementswim swimming

More specific

10 entries

bobbuoyant driftbuoyant leafbuoyant logdrift glide hover proposal suggestionsurface flotation

Collocations

12 entries

float a proposalfloat an ideafloat in airfloat on waterfloating classroomfloating debrisfloating islandfloating leaffloating marketfloating objectfloating pointfloating rate

Inflections

5 entries

floated floatings floatsmore floatingmost floating

Derivations

9 entries

float floatable floatably floatation floated floatingly floats floaty flotation

similar

5 entries

afloat mobile uncommitted unfixed unsettled

Sample sentences

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The clouds floating in the sky are beautiful.

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A balloon was floating in the air.

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The petals are floating on the water.

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A ball is floating down the river.

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