Buoyant

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Buoyant \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.
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     2. Bearing up, as a fluid; sustaining another body by being
        specifically heavier.
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              The water under me was buoyant.       --Dryden.
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     3. Light-hearted; vivacious; cheerful; as, a buoyant
        disposition; buoyant spirits. -- {Buoy"ant*ly}, adv.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  buoyant
       adj 1: tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas; "buoyant
              balloons"; "buoyant balsawood boats"; "a floaty scarf"
              [syn: {floaty}]
       2: 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" [syn: {chirpy}, {perky}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "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,
     light-hearted, lighthearted, lightsome, lively, peppy, perky,
     recuperative, recuperatory, resilient, responsive, reviviscent,
     springy, stretch, stretchable, stretchy, supernatant, vivacious,
     volatile