Meaning of BUOYANT
| Pronunciation: | | 'boyunt
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | cheerful, chirpy, floaty, light, perky |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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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