buoyant
Americanadjective
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tending to float in a fluid.
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capable of keeping a body afloat, as a liquid.
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not easily depressed; cheerful.
- Synonyms:
- sunny, jaunty, breezy, lighthearted, happy
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cheering or invigorating.
adjective
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able to float in or rise to the surface of a liquid
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(of a liquid or gas) able to keep a body afloat or cause it to rise
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cheerful or resilient
Other Word Forms
- buoyantly adverb
- nonbuoyant adjective
- nonbuoyantly adverb
- unbuoyant adjective
- unbuoyantly adverb
Etymology
Origin of buoyant
Example Sentences
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At primary school level, the situation has been described as "buoyant" overall by inspectorate Estyn, though filling Welsh medium places "is still a concern".
From BBC
A buoyant stock market and strong capital gains have turbocharged tax revenue in most states, especially those with progressive tax systems.
Artificial-intelligence investment and better productivity have supported growth while a buoyant stock market keeps affluent consumers spending.
“Every Brilliant Thing” makes for an unexpectedly buoyant evening of theater, but it never makes funny fodder of its dark subject matter.
From what we see of Scotty in flashbacks, he was a buoyant blond goofball — exactly the kind of guy that the apparently friendless and family-less Kenna would have clung to like a life preserver.
From Los Angeles Times
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