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drift
glide, move
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swim
stay afloat, lie on the surface
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sail
glide, move
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hover
activity, fly
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hang
activity, hover
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waft
drift, glide
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glide
flow, drift
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slide
glide, drift
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fly
move, sail
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soar
movement, glide
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bob
stay afloat, lie on the surface
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poise
activity, be buoyant
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buoy
floating marker, object that floats
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skim
move, sail
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levitate
fly, hover
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ride
lie on the surface
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blow
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slip
drift
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launch
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plane
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wash
move, ride
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rise
movement
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raft
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stay afloat
be buoyant, lie on the surface
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be buoyant
stay afloat, lie on the surface
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stream
drift
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flutter
float in the air
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cork
object that floats
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flit
float in the air
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cruise
ride
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coast
waft
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move
suggest
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meander
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wander
fly
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sweep
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arise
movement
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be adrift
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be carried
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be suspended
hover
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travel
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air bladder, beacon, bottle-stopper, buoy, cork, en.synonym.one, guide, ice-cream float, ice-cream soda, marker, plasterer’s float, platform, signal, swim bladder, arise, ascend, be adrift, blow, bob, en.synonym.one, breeze, brush, climb, coast, cruise, drift, flit, flow, flutter, fly, free wheel, get up, glide, go up, gravitate, graze, hang, hover, levitate, linger, en.synonym.one, loiter, mount, plane, poise, ride, rise, sail, scale, skim, slide, soar, stream, sweep, swim, tend, waft, wash.
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- drift
- glide
- hang
- hover
- ride
- sail
- slide
- swim
- waft
- wash
- bob
- poise
- skim
- be buoyant
- move gently
- rest on water
- slip along
- smooth along
- stay afloat
On this page you’ll find 70 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to float, such as: drift, glide, hang, hover, ride, and sail.
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While the rest of us quarantine at home, influencers will lounge on pool floats, host meet-and-greets with fans, party together.
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One frequently wishes to ascertain the specific gravity of quantities of fluid too small to float an urinometer.
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The cloud coals grow fainter—now purple; and now in ashes they float away into the chill blue.
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A huge float comes along, depicting the stone age and the primitive man, every detail carefully studied from the museums.
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WORDS RELATED TO FLOAT
- float
- gas bladder
- swim bladder
- arise
- climb
- escalate
- float
- fly
- lift off
- mount
- move up
- rise
- scale
- soar
- sprout
- take off
- tower
- arose
- climbed
- escalated
- flew
- floated
- lifted off
- mounted
- moved up
- rose
- scaled
- soared
- sprouted
- took off
- towered
- beacon
- drift
- float
- guide
- marker
- signal
- box
- case
- chamber
- chest
- float
- float
- raft
- sailboat
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floatverb
To issue or sell shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, followed by listing on a stock exchange.
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initial public offering
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floatnoun
the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
Synonyms:
plasterer’s float, ice-cream soda, ice-cream float, air bladder, swim bladderAntonyms:
go under, go down, sink, settle -
floatnoun
the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public
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plasterer’s float, ice-cream soda, ice-cream float, air bladder, swim bladderAntonyms:
go down, go under, sink, settle -
ice-cream soda, ice-cream float, floatnoun
a drink with ice cream floating in it
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plasterer’s float, ice-cream soda, ice-cream float, air bladder, swim bladderAntonyms:
go down, go under, settle, sink -
floatnoun
an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade
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plasterer’s float, ice-cream soda, ice-cream float, air bladder, swim bladderAntonyms:
settle, go down, go under, sink -
float, plasterer’s floatnoun
a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco
Synonyms:
plasterer’s float, ice-cream soda, ice-cream float, air bladder, swim bladderAntonyms:
settle, sink, go under, go down -
floatnoun
something that floats on the surface of water
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plasterer’s float, ice-cream soda, ice-cream float, air bladder, swim bladderAntonyms:
sink, go down, go under, settle -
air bladder, swim bladder, floatverb
an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy
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air bladder, ice-cream soda, ice-cream float, plasterer’s float, swim bladderAntonyms:
sink, settle, go under, go down -
float, drift, be adrift, blowverb
be in motion due to some air or water current
«The leaves were blowing in the wind»; «the boat drifted on the lake»; «The sailboat was adrift on the open sea»; «the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore»
Synonyms:
swash, rove, vagabond, botch, ramble, bungle, muck up, range, mishandle, bumble, botch up, brag, stray, blow, tout, burn out, screw up, suck, gasconade, roll, fumble, flub, fellate, cast, ball up, err, freewheel, bollocks, wander, shoot a line, mess up, shove off, waste, louse up, bollocks up, gas, bollix, bluster, vaunt, swan, muff, tramp, blow out, swim, foul up, boast, fluff, drift, bobble, go down on, be adrift, shove along, bollix up, squander, spoil, roam, bodgeAntonyms:
go under, sink, go down, settle -
float, swimverb
be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
Synonyms:
be adrift, drift, blow, drown, swimAntonyms:
go down, go under, sink, settle -
floatverb
set afloat
«He floated the logs down the river»; «The boy floated his toy boat on the pond»
Synonyms:
be adrift, drift, blow, swimAntonyms:
go under, go down, settle, sink -
floatverb
circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with
«The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform»
Synonyms:
be adrift, drift, blow, swimAntonyms:
settle, go down, sink, go under -
floatverb
move lightly, as if suspended
«The dancer floated across the stage»
Synonyms:
be adrift, drift, blow, swimAntonyms:
go down, go under, settle, sink -
floatverb
put into the water
«float a ship»
Synonyms:
be adrift, drift, blow, swimAntonyms:
go down, settle, go under, sink -
floatverb
make the surface of level or smooth
«float the plaster»
Synonyms:
be adrift, drift, blow, swimAntonyms:
sink, settle, go under, go down -
floatverb
allow (currencies) to fluctuate
«The government floated the ruble for a few months»
Synonyms:
be adrift, drift, blow, swimAntonyms:
settle, go under, go down, sink -
floatverb
convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation
«float data»
Synonyms:
be adrift, drift, blow, swimAntonyms:
sink, go down, settle, go under
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List of paraphrases for «float»:
floater, floats, char, fleet, profiler, chariot, tank, jitter, floatation, flotation
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David Placek:
It Floats ? i can’t think of another. It makes you remember it because it also makes you think about other soaps that don’t float.
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Herschel Walker:
Since we don’t control the air, our good air decided to float over to China’s bad air. So when China gets our good air, their bad air got to move. So it moves over to our good air space. Then — now we got we to clean that back up.
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Muhammad Ali:
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
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Benjamin Schachter:
Just as investors hang on to services as Apple’s life preserver in the choppy seas, Apple Music is going to float away.
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Sir John Lubbock:
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.
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- يطفوArabic
- ҡалҡыуысBashkir
- пла́ваць, папла́ваць, паплы́ць, плыцьBelarusian
- държа се на повърхността, нося се, плавам, буй, поплавък, мистрияBulgarian
- flotarCatalan, Valencian
- plout, plavatCzech
- schwimmen, schweben, gleiten, treiben, begeben, borgen, Schwimmer, Floß, Festwagen, FloatGerman
- φελλόςGreek
- flotar, carrozaSpanish
- شناورPersian
- leijua, kellua, [[pysyä]] [[pinnalla]], lipua, ehdottaa, heittää, yleinen osakeanti, höyläraspi, raspi, paraatiauto, käteiskassa, liukuluku, pohjakassa, koho, kelluke, hierrinFinnish
- flotter, flottant, flotteur, char, float, nombre flottantFrench
- flotarGalician
- lebeg, úszikHungarian
- galleggiareItalian
- 漂う, 飛ぶ, 浮遊する, 超える, 浮かぶ, 浮く, 浮揚物, 浮きJapanese
- អន្ដែតKhmer
- ಫ್ಲೋಟ್Kannada
- 흙손Korean
- fluctuo, floatLatin
- tekėti, plūduriuoti, plaukti, plūdė, plaustasLithuanian
- mānu, kārewaMāori
- امبڠ, ambangMalay
- မျောBurmese
- drijven, vloeien, meedrijven, te water laten, voorstellen, vlot, soort truweel, vlottende kommagetal, rasp, vijl, praalwagenDutch
- flutuar, pairar, boiar, boiaPortuguese
- tuytuy, wamp’uyQuechua
- flottarRomansh
- pluti, plută, plutitorRomanian
- всплыть, [[держа́ться]] [[на]] [[вода, плыть, плавать, всплывать, пари́ть, дре́йфовать, поплаво́к, мастеро́к, платфо́рма, плот, глади́лка, прави́лоRussian
- plovakSerbo-Croatian
- flyta, sväva, flöteSwedish
- తేలుTelugu
- ลอยThai
- 浮动Chinese
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vb
1 be buoyant, be or lie on the surface, displace water, hang, hover, poise, rest on water, stay afloat
2 bob, drift, glide, move gently, sail, slide, slip along
3 get going, launch, promote, push off, set up
Antonyms
1 & 2 dip, drown, founder, go down, settle, sink, submerge
3 abolish, annul, cancel, dissolve, terminate
English Collins Dictionary — English synonyms & Thesaurus
float
( floats plural & 3rd person present) ( floating present participle) ( floated past tense & past participle )
1 verb If something or someone is floating in a liquid, they are in the liquid, on or just below the surface, and are being supported by it. You can also float something on a liquid.
They noticed fifty and twenty dollar bills floating in the water. V in n
…barges floating quietly by the grassy river banks… V prep/adv
They’ll spend some time floating boats in the creek. V n, Also V n prep/adv
2 verb Something that floats lies on or just below the surface of a liquid when it is put in it and does not sink., (Antonym: sink)
Empty things float. V
3 n-count A float is a light object that is used to help someone or something float.
4 n-count A float is a small object attached to a fishing line which floats on the water and moves when a fish has been caught.
5 verb Something that floats in or through the air hangs in it or moves slowly and gently through it.
The white cloud of smoke floated away. V prep/adv
6 verb If you float a project, plan, or idea, you suggest it for others to think about.
The French had floated the idea of placing the diplomatic work in the hands of the UN. V n
7 verb If a company director floats their company, they start to sell shares in it to the public. (BUSINESS)
He floated his firm on the stock market… V n on n
The advisers are delaying the key decision on whether to float 60 per cent or 100 per cent of the shares. V n
8 verb If a government floats its country’s currency or allows it to float, it allows the currency’s value to change freely in relation to other currencies. (BUSINESS)
A decision by the Finns to float their currency sent a shudder through the foreign exchanges… V n
59 per cent of people believed the pound should be allowed to float freely. V
9 n-count A float is a truck on which displays and people in special costumes are carried in a festival procession.
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milk float
10 n-sing A float is a small amount of coins and notes of low value that someone has before they start selling things so that they are able to give customers change if necessary.
(BRIT) float around phrasal verb A rumour or idea that is floating around is often heard or talked about.
There are still some unfounded fears floating around out there about cancer being contagious. V P
milk float ( milk floats plural ) A milk float is a small electric van with a roof and no sides which is used to deliver milk to people’s houses.
(BRIT) n-count
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