Synonyms of buoyant

buoyant

adjective

ˈbȯi-ənt 

1

as in cheerful

having or showing a good mood or disposition

all the fans were buoyant the day after the big win in the play-offs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheerful
• optimistic
• bright
• upbeat
• sunny
• cheery
• lively
• smiling
• chipper
• blithe
• happy
• joyful
• merry
• careless
• blithesome
• grinning
• winsome
• gay
• lightsome
• gladsome
• hopeful
• delighted
• jolly
• sanguine
• animated
• vivacious
• sprightly
• rosy
• satisfied
• perky
• chirpy
• laughing
• jaunty
• canty
• eupeptic
• jovial
• carefree
• pleased
• lighthearted
• lilting
• joyous
• easygoing
• blissful
• mirthful
• insouciant
• unconcerned
• gleeful
• cavalier
• glad
• boon
• happy-go-lucky
• jocund
• gratified
• sprightful
• devil-may-care
• beaming
• tickled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• gloomy
• sullen
• morose
• glum
• dour
• sulky
• saturnine
• unhappy
• sad
• joyless
• sluggish
• unsatisfied
• listless
• lethargic
• dull
• torpid
• melancholy
• depressed
• low
• blue
• downcast
• sorrowful
• disconsolate
• forlorn
• despondent
• dejected
• crestfallen
• mirthless
• down
• droopy
• hangdog
• inconsolable
• disheartened
• brokenhearted
• downhearted
• low-spirited
• heavyhearted

2

as in joyful

joyously unrestrained

gave him a buoyant hug and kiss upon meeting him at the airport

Synonyms & Similar Words

• joyful
• exuberant
• effervescent
• lively
• bubbly
• vivacious
• bouncy
• frolicsome
• frolic
• ecstatic
• lyric
• giddy
• outgoing
• gay
• high-spirited
• gamesome
• uninhibited
• crank
• sprightly
• boisterous
• carefree
• lighthearted
• bold
• extroverted
• raucous
• extraverted
• insouciant
• euphoric
• silly
• rowdy
• rollicking
• rapturous
• happy-go-lucky
• brazen
• impudent
• saucy
• insolent
• overexuberant
• brash
• audacious
• light-headed
• impertinent

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sullen
• subdued
• restrained
• inhibited
• repressed
• constrained
• stoical
• phlegmatic
• stolid
• low-spirited
• depressed
• impassive
• stoic
• morose
• dour
• glum
• surly

Examples of buoyant in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

People in the gallery — including you — get visually lassoed by the rings, almost as if being perceptually tethered against the buoyant possibility of floating away. —Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024

Yet in fundamental ways, Americans continue to express an abiding faith in the nation's resilience and a buoyant optimism about what's ahead. —Susan Page, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2024

Yet, for attendees, the Fair suspended all these troubles, filling them with a buoyant sense of optimism and excitement for the future. —Ruth D. Nelson / Made By History, TIME, 13 Sep. 2024

The joyous, buoyant sounds of klezmer music will ring out for hours this weekend in midtown Detroit when Michigan’s first klezmer festival is held. —Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 11 Sep. 2024