Synonyms of floated

floated

verb

past tense of float

1

as in hovered

to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air

a canoe floating down the river

particles of dust floating in the air

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hovered
• sailed
• swam
• drifted
• glided
• wafted
• bobbed
• rode
• hung
• poised
• suspended
• dangled
• buoyed
• rafted
• ballooned

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• settled
• sank
• plunged
• dived
• lunged
• submerged
• dipped
• immersed
• submersed

2

as in wandered

to move about from place to place aimlessly

lost touch with a childhood friend who spent much of his adult life floating from place to place

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wandered
• roamed
• drifted
• strolled
• cruised
• meandered
• ranged
• knocked (about)
• roved
• batted
• traipsed
• rambled
• sauntered
• gallivanted
• ambled
• mooched
• maundered
• gadded (about)
• kicked around
• dawdled
• strayed
• straggled
• tramped
• moped
• hoboed
• vagabonded
• milled (about or around)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of floated

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

Trump floated renaming Lake Ontario, one of the Great Lakes, amid growing trade tensions with Canada. — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026

The skyline floated like an uncanny but beautiful projection off to our side. — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2026

If the ideas floated were put into practice, the Twins thought Kremer had upside. — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026

Both countries have floated the idea of a service fee for passage through the strait, but other Gulf nations have objected. — Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2026

During the tournament, access to the space, which is taking over a catacomb once used by players for warmups, has been floated at $120,000 per person. — Ben Ryder Howe, Curbed, 21 Aug. 2026

As the last wisps of morning fog floated away over Skyline Boulevard near Redwood City, Siegel became one of the first hikers to step foot on a new six-mile trail, the latest installment for the Bay Area Ridge Trail. — Stephanie Lam, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026

Stuck in traffic on Interstate 84 on a Friday afternoon in August, driving toward the New Jersey shore, Rasmussen floated the idea of filling the channel with nothing but sports. — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026