Thesaurus: buoyant
Having the quality of rising or floating in a fluid; tending to rise or float; as, iron is buoyant in mercury.
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Definitions
- v. t. & i. Having the quality of rising or floating in a fluid; tending to rise or float; as, iron is buoyant in mercury.
- v. t. & i. Bearing up, as a fluid; sustaining another body by being specifically heavier.
- v. t. & i. Light-hearted; vivacious; cheerful; as, a buoyant disposition; buoyant spirits.
- adj. tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas
- adj. characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness
- 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.
- j:100 s. tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas s. characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness