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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
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as in joyful
joyously unrestrained
gave him a buoyant hug and kiss upon meeting him at the airport
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Recent Examples of buoyant
The inflated globe was light and buoyant.
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Julian Bell, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
Russell showed off some of the vehicle's key features, including a buoyant main body made from syntactic foam, a high performance material designed to withstand enormous pressure while maintaining flotation at massive depths.
—Jacob Wycoff, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
The cake's crumb is buoyant enough to keep the berries from sinking to the bottom of the batter but light enough to be delicate and tender.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2026
His voice was in its usual form, bright and buoyant, but with a new heaviness that has creeped in with age.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026
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Julian Bell, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
Russell showed off some of the vehicle's key features, including a buoyant main body made from syntactic foam, a high performance material designed to withstand enormous pressure while maintaining flotation at massive depths.
—Jacob Wycoff, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
The cake's crumb is buoyant enough to keep the berries from sinking to the bottom of the batter but light enough to be delicate and tender.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2026
His voice was in its usual form, bright and buoyant, but with a new heaviness that has creeped in with age.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for buoyant
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Behind all the cheerful fanfare, holidays can be bitter pills to swallow, reminders of absence and lack and an inability to live up to all that happy hyperbole.—
Felicia Feaster,
AJC.com,
9 May 2026
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The speakers were agency veterans from the shrunken regional office who did their best to be cheerful.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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King Charles, Princess Anne and Prince William are the royal family members who currently helm the events, and Goulding shared a joyful message about her ceremony to remember on Wednesday.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
14 May 2026
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Larry’s reunion with his wife and children at Anchorage was a joyful thing to watch, and the rest of us will never forget those phone calls to our families.—
Ben East,
Outdoor Life,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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Despite the temple's optimistic outlook, the move has drawn criticism online.—
Brittany Miller,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
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Some observers are less optimistic about a deal in the near term, however.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
8 May 2026
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Purple irises bring wisdom, while blue irises encourage faith, white irises symbolize integrity, and yellow irises are an exuberant rush of enthusiasm — all while enhancing our verbal sentiments.—
Lisa Stardust,
PEOPLE,
9 May 2026
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Joie de vivre Happy-go-lucky hounds have an abundance of joie de vivre, a French phrase that refers to a cheerful and exuberant enjoyment of life.—
Aditya Simha,
The Conversation,
7 May 2026
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The food is rustic and cosmopolitan at once — bright, monumental salads, whole carrots and leeks baptized by fire, skeins of pasta, and Parmigiano snowing down — but the secret is the seeming effortlessness.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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Eventually, Delta switched the shuttle to one of the main terminals, and in 2021 Spirit moved into the Marine Air Terminal, bringing its bright-yellow livery and ultra-discount business model with it.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
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The band – the effervescent Stefani, bassist Tony Kanal, drummer Adrian Young, guitarist Tom Dumont and two prodigiously talented utility players on horns, keyboards and backing vocals – landed at the technological unicorn of a venue May 6 for the first of an 18-show residency.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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The tablets are effervescent and dissolve in water to create a low-calorie electrolyte drink positioned for daily hydration and endurance support rather than as a high-sugar sports drink replacement.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
6 May 2026
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Frying is an art, perhaps plied nowhere with such efficiency and aplomb as at this lively lunch counter, where the very air seems to crackle and the scent of pork incites the blood.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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Lochte, 41, was one of the faces of swimming during the heights of his career, with major sponsorships, endorsements and appearances on TV shows displaying his lively personality.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
11 May 2026
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The 34-year-old singer brings a bubblier sound to Starlight’s outdoor venue.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
13 May 2026
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The two entrepreneurs — Begley is the founder of Tribe Dynamics and Cloyes cofounded Youth to the People — have taken their business know-how to a bubbly new brand called Fathers.—
James Manso,
Footwear News,
8 May 2026
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“Buoyant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buoyant. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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