'Buoyant' definitions:
Definition of 'buoyant'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas; "buoyant balloons"; "buoyant balsawood boats"; "a floaty scarf" [syn: buoyant, floaty]
adjective
Definition of 'Buoyant'
From: GCIDE
- Buoyant \Buoy"ant\, a. [From Buoy, v. t. & i.]
- 1. Having the quality of rising or floating in a fluid; tending to rise or float; as, iron is buoyant in mercury. "Buoyant on the flood." --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Bearing up, as a fluid; sustaining another body by being specifically heavier. [1913 Webster]
- The water under me was buoyant. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Light-hearted; vivacious; cheerful; as, a buoyant disposition; buoyant spirits. -- {Buoy"ant*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'buoyant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adaptable,
- adaptive,
- afloat,
- airy,
- animated,
- blithe,
- bouncy,
- breezy,
- bright,
- carefree,
- cheerful,
- convalescent,
- corky,
- debonair,
- ebullient,
- effervescent,
- elastic,
- expansive,
- extensile,
- flexible,
- flexile,
- floatable,
- floating,
- floaty,
- free and easy,
- jaunty,
- light,
- light-hearted,
- lighthearted,
- lightsome,
- lively,
- peppy,
- perky,
- recuperative,
- recuperatory,
- resilient,
- responsive,
- reviviscent,
- springy,
- stretch,
- stretchable,
- stretchy,
- supernatant,
- vivacious,
- volatile