 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
buoyant
adjective
1: tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas; "buoyant
balloons"; "buoyant balsawood boats"; "a floaty scarf"
[syn: {floaty}]
2: characterized by liveliness and light-heartedness; "buoyant
spirits"; "his quick wit and chirpy humor"; "looking
bright and well and chirpy"; "a perky little widow in her
70s" [syn: {chirpy}, {perky}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Buoyant \Buoy"ant\, adjective [From {Buoy}, verb (used with an object) & i.]
1. Having the quality of rising or floating in a fluid;
tending to rise or float; as, iron is buoyant in mercury.
''Buoyant on the flood.'' --Pope.
2. Bearing up, as a fluid; sustaining another body by being
specifically heavier.
The water under me was buoyant. --Dryden.
3. Light-hearted; vivacious; cheerful; as, a buoyant
disposition; buoyant spirits. -- {Buoy"ant*ly}, adverb
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "buoyant":
adaptable, adaptive, afloat, airy, animated, blithe, bouncy,
breezy, bright, carefree, cheerful, convalescent, corky, debonair,
ebullient, effervescent, elastic, expansive, extensile, flexible,
flexile, floatable, floating, floaty, free and easy, jaunty, light,
light-hearted, lighthearted, lightsome, lively, peppy, perky,
recuperative, recuperatory, resilient, responsive, reviviscent,
springy, stretch, stretchable, stretchy, supernatant, vivacious,
volatile
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