Definition of buoyant
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Examples of buoyant in a Sentence
Warm air is more buoyant than cool air.
The actors were buoyant as they prepared for the evening's performance.
Recent Examples of buoyant from the Web
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There was a fair amount of buoyant energy in this plume, feeding storm updrafts.
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Crossville is up, 3-2, over visiting Collinsville, and the mood in the stands is buoyant.
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Walder Frey—who Arya definitely killed in last year’s season finale—addresses a buoyant crowd of his massive extended family, raising a glass to the triumph of the Red Wedding and everything that came after.
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That buoyant naïveté is key to this Spider-Man, and Holland brings it by the jittery bucketful.
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Meanwhile, financial markets for stocks and bonds have been unusually buoyant and steady.
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Aiden Engels from Vista fished Bridgeport Reservoir and hauled in a 5-pound, 11-ounce rainbow while trolling a Thomas Buoyant lure.
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With the national mood still buoyant—at least for two more years, until the Great Depression—the American public was held in thrall by Horatio Alger stories.
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Happy campers The business data came on the heels of Thursday's buoyant eurozone consumer sentiment report.
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Origin and Etymology of buoyant
buoyant Synonyms
Synonyms
blithe, blithesome, bright, cheerful, canty [British dialect], cheery, chipper, eupeptic, gay, gladsome, lightsome, sunny, upbeat, winsomeAntonyms
dour, gloomy, glum, morose, saturnine, sulky, sullenRelated Words
hopeful, optimistic, rosy, sanguine; animated, chirpy, jaunty, lilting, lively, perky, sprightful, sprightly, vivacious; carefree, careless, cavalier, devil-may-care, easygoing, happy-go-lucky, insouciant, lighthearted, unconcerned; boon, gleeful, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful; blissful, delighted, glad, gratified, happy, joyful, joyous, pleased, satisfied, tickled; beaming, grinning, laughing, smilingNear Antonyms
joyless, sad, unhappy, unsatisfied; dull, lethargic, listless, sluggish, torpid; blue, brokenhearted, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, disheartened, down, downcast, downhearted, droopy, forlorn, hangdog, heavyhearted, inconsolable, low, low-spirited, melancholy, mirthless, sorrowfulBUOYANT Defined for English Language Learners
buoyant
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adjective
Definition of buoyant for English Language Learners
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: able to float
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: able to cause things to float
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: happy and confident
BUOYANT Defined for Kids
buoyant
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buoy·ant
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ˈbü-yənt
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Definition of buoyant for Students
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:able to rise and float in the air or on the top of a liquid
- buoyant cork
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:able to keep a body afloat
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:lighthearted, cheerful
a buoyant mood
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