float

float

verb

Definition of FLOAT

1

to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air <a canoe floating down the river> <particles of dust floating in the air>

Synonyms drift, glide, hang, hover, poise, ride, sail, swim, waft

Related Words bob, dangle, suspend; buoy; balloon, raft

Near Antonyms dive, lunge, plunge; dip, immerse, submerge, submerse

Antonyms settle, sink

2

to move about from place to place aimlessly <lost touch with a childhood friend who spent much of his adult life floating from place to place>

Synonyms bat, cruise, drift, float, gad (about), gallivant (also galavant), kick around, knock (about), maunder, meander, mooch, ramble, range, roam, rove, traipse

Related Words amble, saunter, stroll; dawdle, mope; gypsy, hobo, tramp, vagabond; mill (about or around); straggle, stray