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Buoyant

Buoyant Meaning & Definition
Buoyant Definition And Meaning

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

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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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