Synonyms of free-floating

free-floating

adjective

as in hovering

Related Words

• hovering
• sailing
• hanging
• floating
• gliding
• drifting
• poised
• buoyant
• wafting
• floaty
• awash
• unsinkable
• afloat

Dissimilar Words

• sinking
• sunk
• high and dry
• aground

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of free-floating

Or perhaps the brightening was caused by a free-floating planet (FFP) somewhere in our galaxy, a world ejected from an alien planetary system that could create a PBH-mimicking microlensing event of its own. — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 4 June 2026

The film’s unspeakably haunting final shot typifies Cannes 2026 to a tee, its free-floating detachment from reality doubling as a revelatory expression of our own relationship to it. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 22 May 2026

Yesterday in California, the physical world and the world of free-floating grievance and ideological bluster met once again, when two teenagers attacked the Islamic Center of San Diego, killing a security guard and two others, before taking their own lives. — Juliette Kayyem, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026

Scientists were trying to locate free-floating oil during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill when large patches of seaweed kept appearing as false positives in the data. — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 13 May 2026