Related Words for afloat

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floating
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Adjective, Noun
adrift
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Noun, Adverb
waterborne
/xx
Adverb, Adjective
sailing
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adjective
drifting
/x
Adjective, Adjective, Noun, Verb
awash
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
inundated
/xxx
Adjective, Adjective
flooded
/x
Adjective, Adjective
overflowing
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
full
/
Noun, Adverb
aimless
/x
Adverb, Adjective
purposeless
/xx
Adjective, Adjective
undirected
xx/x
Adjective, Adjective
at sea
//
Phrase, Adjective
submerged
x/
Adjective, Adjective
aground
x/
Adverb, Adverb
floundering
/xx
Noun
sinking
/x
Noun
alive
x/
Adjective
kept
/
Verb
survive
x/
Verb
ashore
x/
Adverb
struggling
/xx
Verb
prospering
/xx
Verb
sustain
x/
Verb
churning
/x
Noun
anchored
/x
Verb
bailing
/x
Noun
thrive
/
Verb
buoyant
/x
Adjective
intact
x/
Adjective
remain
x/
Verb
subsist
x/
Verb
reeling
/x
Verb
aloft
x/
Adverb
entertained
xx/
Verb
ebbing
/x
Noun
maintain
x/
Verb
steadying
/xx
Noun
abreast
x/
Adverb, Adjective
shored
/
Verb
occupied
/xx
Verb
stays
/
Noun
drowning
/x
Noun
dwindling
/xx
Noun
stabilize
/xx
Verb
perpetually
x/xxx
Adverb
torpedoed
x/x
Verb
moored
/
Verb
collapsing
x/x
Verb
faltering
/xx
Adjective
bankrupt
/x
Adjective
flourished
/x
Verb
propel
x/
Verb
bobbing
/x
Noun
roiling
/x
Adjective
scuttled
/x
Verb
steered
/
Verb
marooned
x/
Verb
stagnating
/xx
Verb
plunging
/x
Verb
embroiled
x/
Verb
revive
x/
Verb
subsidize
/xx
Verb
mired
/
Verb
resuscitated
x/xxx
Verb
extricate
/xx
Verb
propping
/x
Verb
ensconced
x/
Verb
stuck
/
Verb
buffeted
x/
Verb
running
/x
Verb
engaged
x/
Verb
indefinitely
x/xxx
Adverb
cope
/
Verb
disintegrating
x/xxx
Noun
profitable
/xxx
Adjective
striving
/x
Noun
grounded
/x
Verb
flailing
/x
Verb
swamped
/
Verb
evaporating
x/xxx
Verb
tethered
/x
Adjective
stagnant
/x
Adjective
underwrite
/xx
Verb
fend
/
Verb
succeeded
x/x
Verb
coming
/x
Verb
endeavoring
x/xx
Verb
replenished
x/x
Verb
helping
/x
Verb
enmeshed
x/
Verb
clung
/
Verb
laboring
/xx
Noun
rolling
/x
Noun
hold
/
Noun
stable
/x
Adjective
lifeline
/x
Noun
faring
/x
Adjective
operating
/xxx
Noun
continually
x/xxx
Adverb
under weigh
/x/
Phrase, Adverb
aboard
x/
Adverb
offshore
//
Noun
on board
//
Phrase, Adjective
off and on
///
Phrase, Adverb
upriver
x/x
Adverb, Adjective
fore and aft
///
Phrase, Adverb
onboard
/x
Adjective
overboard
/xx
Adverb
coastwise
/x
Noun
inshore
//
Adjective
room
/
Noun
overseas
/x/
Name
downriver
x/x
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
full and by
///
Phrase, Adverb
warship
/x
Noun
steamship
/x
Noun
freighters
/x
Noun
battleship
/xx
Noun
liner
/x
Noun
rumours
xx
Noun
rumors
/x
Noun
finest
/x
Adjective
largest
/x
Adjective
spokesman
/x
Noun
ships
/
Noun
financially
x/xx
Adverb
amidships
x/x
Adverb
archway
/x
Noun
bandages
/xx
Noun
bands
/
Noun
beak
/
Noun, Verb
beams
/
Noun, Verb
blinds
/
Verb
chute
/
Noun, Verb
dominoes
/xx
Noun
flints
/
Noun
fluently
/xx
Adverb
garters
/x
Noun
groceries
/xx
Noun
lashes
/x
Noun
nuggets
/x
Noun
sea
/
Noun
sunken
/x
Adjective
thong
/
Noun
treads
/
Noun, Verb
tyres
/x
Noun
warp
/
Noun, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
aisle
/
Noun
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
closet
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
bog
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb
pidgin
/x
Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
backside
/x
Noun, Adjective
get
/
Verb, Noun
southend
/x
Name