FREE-FLOATING Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

free-floating

adjective

Definition of free-floating

as in hovering

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Recent Examples of free-floating Now the director trades free-floating dread for political intrigue in ‘The Samurai and the Prisoner,’ a feudal-era murder mystery about power, responsibility and self-knowledge. — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026 Final has also used a free-floating lead wire structure, preventing the lead wires from interfering with the surround and helping preserve stable piston motion. — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 The base is also magnetic, so your razor won’t be free-floating around the hotel bathroom. — Sara Coughlin, Allure, 5 July 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for free-floating

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Adjective

The drones then find the best hovering altitude before each lining up to spray the fire, one after the other.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 20 July 2026
He-Man was now a jolly, quip-ready hero, whose best friends were scaredy-cat Cringer (a green-and-yellow tiger who transformed into Battle Cat), and an annoying, hovering magician called Orko.

— Richard Edwards, Space.com, 1 June 2026

Definition of hovering

Adjective

The set of three miniature lights each features a vintage hanging-lantern design that looks straight out of a storybook and casts a warm gold glow across your collection.

— Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2026
Opt for bigger hanging bulbs, discrete flickers, or even hanging sheaths.

— Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2026

Definition of hanging

Adjective

Companies with a smaller market value generally tend to have more floating rate debt than larger businesses.

— Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
Social media posts and years of reviewing cookie-cutter luxury hotels had conditioned me to equate floating breakfasts, monogrammed accessories, butler service, and aromatherapy menus as markers of a dreamy luxury vacation.

— Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 22 Oct. 2024

Definition of floating

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