Dictionary Entry
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
- 1transitive/intransitive verb
Having the quality of rising or floating in a fluid; tending to rise or float; as, iron is buoyant in mercury.
- 2transitive/intransitive verb
Bearing up, as a fluid; sustaining another body by being specifically heavier.
- 3transitive/intransitive verb
Light-hearted; vivacious; cheerful; as, a buoyant disposition; buoyant spirits.
- 4adjective
characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness
"buoyant spirits"
"his quick wit and chirpy humor"
- 5adjective
tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas
"buoyant balloons"
"buoyant balsawood boats"
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