Synonyms for buoyant
ˈbɔɪ ənt, ˈbu yəntbuoy·ant

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1. buoyant

   Happy primarily refers to something that comes "by good hap," a chance that brings prosperity, benefit, or success.

   And grasps the skirts of happy chance.

   Tennyson In Memoriam lxiii, st. 2.

   In this sense happy is closely allied to fortunate and lucky. (See FORTUNATE.) Happy has, however, so far diverged from this original sense as to apply to advantages where chance is not recognized, or is even excluded by direct reference to the divine will, when it becomes almost equivalent to blessed.

   Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth.

   Job v, 17.

   Happy is also applied to the ready dexterity or skill by which favorable results (usually in minor matters) are secured, when it becomes a synonym for dexterous, felicitous, and the associated words; as, he has a happy wit; happy at retort (compare CLEVER). In its most frequent present use, happy is applied to the state of one enjoying happiness, or to that by which happiness is expressed; as, a happy heart; a happy face; happy laughter; happy tears (compare synonyms for HAPPINESS). Cheerful applies to the possession or expression of a moderate and tranquil happiness. A cheery word spontaneously gives cheer to others; a cheering word is more distinctly planned to cheer and encourage. Gay applies to an effusive and superficial happiness (often not really worthy of that name) perhaps resulting largely from abundant animal spirits: we speak of gay revelers or a gay horse. A buoyant spirit is, as it were, borne up by joy and hope. A sunny disposition has a constant tranquil brightness that irradiates all who come within its influence.

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   Synonyms:
   blessed, blissful, blithe, blithesome, bright, cheerful, cheering, cheery, delighted, delightful, dexterous, felicitous, fortunate, gay, glad, happy, jocund, jolly, joyful, joyous, lucky, merry, mirthful, pleased, prosperous, rapturous, rejoiced, rejoicing, smiling, sprightly, successful, sunny

   Preposition:
   A happy event for him; happy at a reply; happy in his home, with his friends, among his children; happy at the discovery, over his success.

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1. buoyant

   Synonyms:
   sprightly, spirited, vivacious, lively, light, floating, hopeful, cheerful, elastic

   Antonyms:
   heavy, depressed, cheerless, joyless, dejected, moody, desponding

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1. buoyant, floatyadjective

   tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas

   "buoyant balloons"; "buoyant balsawood boats"; "a floaty scarf"

   Synonyms:
   floaty, chirpy, perky

   Antonyms:
   depressing, cheerless, uncheerful, heavy

2. buoyant, chirpy, perkyadjective

   characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness

   "buoyant spirits"; "his quick wit and chirpy humor"; "looking bright and well and chirpy"; "a perky little widow in her 70s"

   Synonyms:
   floaty, chirpy, perky

   Antonyms:
   depressing, uncheerful, cheerless, heavy

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1. buoyantadjective

   Synonyms:
   tending to float, light

2. buoyantadjective

   Synonyms:
   cheerful, hopeful, lively, sprightly, vivacious, animated, spirited, joyful, joyous, gay, blithe, blithesome, jocund, sportive, elated, jubilant, in good spirits, in high spirits, full of life, full of spirit

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1. List of paraphrases for "buoyant":

   buoyancy, floating, bullish, optimistic, upbeat, flourishing, thriving

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How to use buoyant in a sentence?

1. Astronaut Mike Fincke:

   The reason why we train underwater is because we actually wear real spacesuits, we do real tasks and we feel like we are weightless, when actually we're just neutrally buoyant so we're floating.

2. Kiranjeet Kaur:

   It all ties back to the smartphone market outlook, which is not really buoyant at this point.

3. Scott Bryan:

   The pumice gets waterlogged or negatively buoyant and sinks to the sea floor and gets logged and stuck there, then those plants and animals and Great Barrier Reef can then continue to grow and grow in this new location.

4. Broderick Sawyer:

   So, if I have a workday with a lot of meetings, maybe I need to be a little more chipper and buoyant. Maybe I need to be more laser-focused because it is a heavy writing day. Those are different energies.

5. Alexander MacLaren:

   Seek to cultivate a buoyant, joyous sense of the crowded kindnesses of God in your daily life.