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buoyant

[ boi-uhnt, boo-yuhnt ]

adjective

  1. tending to float in a fluid.
  2. capable of keeping a body afloat, as a liquid.
  3. not easily depressed; cheerful.

    Synonyms: sunny, jaunty, breezy, lighthearted, happy

  4. cheering or invigorating.


buoyant

/ ˈbɔɪənt /

adjective

  1. able to float in or rise to the surface of a liquid
  2. (of a liquid or gas) able to keep a body afloat or cause it to rise
  3. cheerful or resilient


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Other Words From

  • buoyant·ly adverb
  • non·buoyant adjective
  • non·buoyant·ly adverb
  • un·buoyant adjective
  • un·buoyant·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of buoyant1

First recorded in 1570–80; buoy + -ant

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Word History and Origins

Origin of buoyant1

C16: probably from Spanish boyante , from boyar to float, from boya buoy, ultimately of Germanic origin

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Example Sentences

The Friends of Whitegrass Ski Touring Facebook group is similarly buoyant, featuring on any given day photos of on-site fun, cross-country skiing memes, bourbon cocktail recipes and panda videos.

It has an athletic feel with a buoyant rubber heel and water-wicking full-grain leather.

For instance, some in the retail industry quickly found ways to keep business buoyant while stores were closed—bolstering their e-commerce setups and making it easier for customers to shop online or arrange for contactless pickup at a store.

Earth’s crust today is made of thick, buoyant continental crust that stands proud above the sea.

On the other hand, the people who are familiar with projects like Polkadot are often holding tokens they hope to flip or are simply buoyant about anything blockchain-related.

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It was in this buoyant baby boom atmosphere that my parents grew up.

Standout tracks include the Bad-era sounding Blue Gangsta and the irrepressibly buoyant Paul Anka-written Love Never Felt So Good.

Despite this skepticism, Hatch was feeling buoyant in an interview with The Daily Beast.

Seeger showed Springsteen that political music could be buoyant, even as it dealt with the weightiest issues.

The stock market has been buoyant, and interest rates have been rising in part because of expectations of higher economic growth.

Nature, ever buoyant and imperative, does her best to remedy the ills created by "Man's inhumanity to Man."

It was to me a new birth of faculties that resembled a new sense of being, a buoyant and elastic lightness of feelings and frame.

She was a most lovely girl, with a wild-rose complexion and starlike eyes, and full of life and buoyant hope.

The water of dead seas, because of the additional weight of the substances which it holds, is extraordinarily buoyant.

She was a brunette—great black flashing eyes, full red lips, raven-black hair, skin suffused with the glow of buoyant health.

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