BUOY Synonyms: 177 Similar and Opposite Words

buoy 1 of 2

noun

Definition of buoy

as in indicator

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buoy

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verb

as in to lift

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as in to swim

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Recent Examples of buoy

Noun

Each buoy is attached to a rope and can be thrown to someone in the water while another person calls 911. — Darius Johnson, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026 Rapp and his crewmate, Suzanne Driscoll, hoisted a lobster trap marked by a bobbing buoy from the Casco Bay. — Natalie B. Compton The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2026

Verb

The Red Sox’s four-game sweep will buoy them and haunt the Yankees for a while, and this Travelers will probably stay with Scheffler, too. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2026 But progressives hope the current wave of anti-Trump furor in deep blue cities across the country will help buoy the chances of those on the hard left. — Matt Brown, Fortune, 20 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for buoy

Recent Examples of Synonyms for buoy

Noun

Relative strength index Another momentum indicator is the RSI, or relative strength index.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026
First published in 2003, the ARWU relies on six indicators of academic and research performance to evaluate universities around the world.

— Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of indicator

Noun

These tankers may be turning off their tracking signals to avoid detection, experts told CNN.

— Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
The company announced in 2025 that interactions with its generative AI features could become signals for the content and ads people see across Meta products.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of signal

Verb

Glasnow steeled this time, mixing in his slider to keep hitters off his fastball after being too predictable early.

— Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
From Sacramento to Albany and several state capitals in between, regional attorneys general are steeled to stop Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion merger with Warner Bros Discovery in an antitrust lawsuit that could hit the courts Monday.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 13 July 2026

Definition of steel

Verb

Restrictions on energy, electricity or critical minerals, something Ford also floated, could instead raise costs for American companies and consumers by making key inputs more expensive or harder to obtain.

— Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
The soda bottles sat atop floating coasters that carried the drinks across the food truck counter and dropped them into a slot so customers could retrieve them below.

— Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of float

Noun

Private equity’s growing interest in sports teams is another sign of the buying boom, said Irwin Kirshner, the head of the sports law group at the law firm Herrick Feinstein.

— Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
In hindsight, that was a sign of having lived in the bubble of NYC cinephile culture for 20 years by that time.

— José Salazar, IndieWire, 24 Aug. 2026