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

Icebergs that barely fit into the frame of my wide-angle lens floated past. — Pier Nirandara, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026

Other cast members have floated potentially leaving the show. — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026

The pay increase for the judges has been floated as part of long-running discussions on improving operations and expanding docket days for the city’s beleaguered municipal court. — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026

The public statement comes as Plymouth County prosecutors weigh whether to retry Clancy, whose attorneys have also floated the possibility of resolving the case without another jury trial. — Brittany Miller , Adam Sabes , Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026

That’s why the proposals floated by industry depend upon mutual collaboration and, to an extent, government regulation. — Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Thousands of jobs will be lost if Paramount’s corporate headquarters were to shift to Georgia, Tennessee or Texas, three sites reportedly floated by the company. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026

The idea of associate membership has been floated in the past for Ukraine, or for post-Brexit Britain, but no concrete steps have been taken. — ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026

One potential reason floated to Semafor by market participants is that compute futures could be manipulated to show a sharp drop in the cost of older chips, which might destabilize AI stocks and debt markets. — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2026