buoyant
Americanadjective
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tending to float in a fluid.
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capable of keeping a body afloat, as a liquid.
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not easily depressed; cheerful.
- Synonyms:
- sunny, jaunty, breezy, lighthearted, happy
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cheering or invigorating.
adjective
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able to float in or rise to the surface of a liquid
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(of a liquid or gas) able to keep a body afloat or cause it to rise
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cheerful or resilient
Other Word Forms
- buoyantly adverb
- nonbuoyant adjective
- nonbuoyantly adverb
- unbuoyant adjective
- unbuoyantly adverb
Etymology
Origin of buoyant
Example Sentences
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Together the three came up with “Love in Exile,” a buoyant, falsetto-filled number with welcome echoes of the Doobies’ “What a Fool Believes,” which McDonald and Loggins co-wrote half a century ago.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
A buoyant stock market and strong capital gains have turbocharged tax revenue in most states, especially those with progressive tax systems.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026
U.S. natural gas futures settled lower as easing demand for heating weighed against buoyant LNG export flows.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
He says when the market is buoyant, about 60% of sales tend to be second homes and although this figure has fallen over the last two years, he does not put this down to H2.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
Captain Flume had entered his bed that night a buoyant extrovert and left it the next morning a brooding introvert, and Chief White Halfoat proudly regarded the new Captain Flume as his own creation.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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