Floats

Synonyms for "floats" (29 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (6)

Noun(5 words)
bobbuoybuoyant objectdecorated floatdrift

Strong matches (9)

Noun(6 words)
float valuefloating point numberglidehoverice cream floatissue

Related words (14)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

14 entries
airborne movementbeveragebuoyant objectcommunication actcorporate finance termdata typedecorated platformdessertfinancing activityidea disseminationmotionnumeric typeobjectsurface movement

More specific

20 entries
aerial driftairborne glidebuoyant glidecola floatdouble precision floathalf precision floatholiday floatinitial public offeringinner tubelifebuoypolitical floatproposalpublic offeringraftroot beer floatsingle precision float

Showing 16 of 20 words.

Collocations

12 entries
float a companyfloat an IPOfloat freelyfloat in airfloat on waterfloat the ideafloat valuefloating point numberice cream floatsparade floatsroot beer floatssingle precision float

Inflections

2 entries

Derivations

4 entries

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

We learned that oil floats on water.

Source: tatoeba (247789)

One quality of oil is that it floats on water.

Source: tatoeba (272248)

Wood floats in water.

Source: tatoeba (323630)

Wood floats, but iron sinks.

Source: tatoeba (323632)

Showing 4 of 10 available sentences.

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