Antonyms for floating
ˈfloʊ tɪŋfloat·ing

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1. floating, natationadjective

   the act of someone who floats on the water

   Antonyms:
   committed, settled, immobile, aground(p), fixed

   Synonyms:
   natation

2. floatingadjective

   borne up by or suspended in a liquid

   "the ship is still floating"; "floating logs"; "floating seaweed"

   Antonyms:
   immobile, committed, settled, aground(p), fixed

   Synonyms:
   vagabond, floating(a), aimless, drifting, vagrant

3. aimless, drifting, floating, vagabond, vagrantadjective

   continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another

   "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties"

   Antonyms:
   aground(p), immobile, committed, fixed, settled

   Synonyms:
   rootless, rudderless, vagrant, planless, undirected, directionless, aimless, vagabond, drifting, adrift(p), floating(a), afloat(p)

4. floatingadjective

   inclined to move or be moved about

   "a floating crap game"

   Antonyms:
   aground(p), fixed, immobile, committed, settled

   Synonyms:
   vagabond, floating(a), aimless, drifting, vagrant

5. floating(a)adjective

   (of a part of the body) not firmly connected; movable or out of normal position

   "floating ribs are not connected with the sternum"; "a floating kidney"

   Antonyms:
   aground(p), committed, fixed, settled, immobile

6. floating(a)adjective

   not definitely committed to a party or policy

   "floating voters"

   Antonyms:
   fixed, immobile, settled, aground(p), committed

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1. floatingadjective

   Synonyms:
   supernatant

2. floatingnoun

   Synonyms:
   flotation, flotage, supernatation

How to use floating in a sentence?

1. Joe DeSimone:

   The device is able to deliver a much greater amount of drug into the tumor while reducing exposure of the drug to the rest of the body and therefore limiting the whole body toxicities and side effects, it may also be used in conjunction with complementary drugs given to the entire body so that we can better target the tumor and any floating cancer cells in the body at the same time.

2. Jeff Moore:

   The surface of Pluto is every bit as complex as that of Mars, the randomly jumbled mountains might be huge blocks of hard water ice floating within a vast, denser, softer deposit of frozen nitrogen within the region informally named Sputnik Planum.

3. Mary Ziegler:

   In different ways, a lot of the different major abortion restrictions we see floating around now are all targeting viability, and that would be a big deal because if it's not viability, then the question is, is there any other dividing line, or is it just sort of a free-for-all where it's not clear what kind of restrictions the courts are going to allow, and if it's going to allow them earlier and earlier in pregnancy.

4. Del Campo:

   The air will then begin to clear little by little, although some floating dust will reach the Canary Islands (in the Atlantic Ocean) over the weekend.

5. Italo Calvino:

   Novels as dull as dishwater, with the grease of random sentiments floating on top.

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