About The Word Buoyant
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Buoyant
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What's The Definition Of Buoyant?
[adj] characterized by liveliness and light-heartedness; "buoyant spirits"; "his quick wit and chirpy humor"; "looking bright and well and chirpy"; "a perky little widow in her 70s"
[adj] tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas; "buoyant balloons"; "buoyant balsawood boats"; "a floaty scarf" Synonyms | Synonyms for Buoyant: cheerful | chirpy | floaty | light | perky Related Terms | Find terms related to Buoyant: adaptable | adaptive | afloat | airy | animated | blithe | bouncy | breezy | bright | carefree | cheerful | convalescent | corky | debonair | ebullient | effervescent | elastic | expansive | extensile | flexible | flexile | floatable | floating | floaty | free and easy | jaunty | light | lighthearted | light-hearted | lightsome | lively | peppy | perky | recuperative | recuperatory | resilient | responsive | reviviscent | springy | stretch | stretchable | stretchy | supernatant | vivacious | volatile See Also | Buoyant In Webster's Dictionary \Buoy"ant\, a. [From {Buoy}, v. t. & i.]
1. Having the quality of rising or floating in a fluid;
tending to rise or float; as, iron is buoyant in mercury.
``Buoyant on the flood.'' --Pope.
2. Bearing up, as a fluid; sustaining another body by being
specifically heavier.
The water under me was buoyant. --Dryden.
3. Light-hearted; vivacious; cheerful; as, a buoyant
disposition; buoyant spirits. -- {Buoy"ant*ly}, adv.
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