buoyancy

buoyancy is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The property of floating on the surface of a liquid, or in a fluid, as in the atmosphere; specific lightness, which is inversely as the weight compared with that of an equal volume of water. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 20 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The property of floating on the surface of a liquid, or in a fluid, as in the atmosphere; specific lightness, which is inversely as the weight compared with that of an equal volume of water.
2. noun. The upward pressure exerted upon a floating body by a fluid, which is equal to the weight of the body; hence, also, the weight of a floating body, as measured by the volume of fluid displaced.
3. noun. Cheerfulness; vivacity; liveliness; sprightliness; -- the opposite of heaviness; as, buoyancy of spirits.
4. noun. irrepressible liveliness and good spirit

   "I admired his buoyancy and persistent good humor"

5. noun. the tendency to float in water or other liquid
6. noun. the property of something weightless and insubstantial

   Synonyms: airiness

7. noun. cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface

   Synonyms: perkiness

Synonyms

airiness, perkiness

Common word forms

buoyancies

Words from these letters

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