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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Airlines have reported that wealthier customers are traveling abroad more, and a buoyant stock market lifted by AI may make them feel richer.
What was it like to have those very serious ideas and yet still have this be a buoyant, crowd-pleasing musical?
From Los Angeles Times
Maxx have posted buoyant results that pointed ahead to a strong holiday shopping season.
Witness unusually buoyant equity valuations, an explosion in private credit markets, and even the gushers of money available for takeovers like the bidding for Warner Bros.
EV manufacturers, most of whom were losing money on electric cars even when sales were buoyant.
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