levitate

levitate is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To rise, or tend to rise, as if lighter than the surrounding medium; to become buoyant; -- opposed to gravitate. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 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 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To rise, or tend to rise, as if lighter than the surrounding medium; to become buoyant; -- opposed to gravitate.
2. transitive verb. To make buoyant; to cause to float in the air; as, to levitate a table.
3. verb. be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity

   "The guru claimed that he could levitate"

   Synonyms: hover

4. verb. cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity

   "The magician levitated the woman"

Synonyms

hover

Common word forms

levitated, levitates, levitating

Words from these letters

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