buoyant

buoyant is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive/intransitive verb and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Having the quality of rising or floating in a fluid; tending to rise or float; as, iron is buoyant in mercury. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. transitive/intransitive verb. Having the quality of rising or floating in a fluid; tending to rise or float; as, iron is buoyant in mercury.
2. transitive/intransitive verb. Bearing up, as a fluid; sustaining another body by being specifically heavier.
3. transitive/intransitive verb. Light-hearted; vivacious; cheerful; as, a buoyant disposition; buoyant spirits.
4. adjective. characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness

   "buoyant spirits"

   "his quick wit and chirpy humor"

   Synonyms: chirpy, perky

5. adjective. tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas

   "buoyant balloons"

   "buoyant balsawood boats"

   Synonyms: floaty

Synonyms

chirpy, perky, floaty

Common word forms

buoyantly, buoyantness

Words from these letters

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