Synonyms for floating
ˈfloʊ tɪŋfloat·ing

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1. floating, natationadjective

   the act of someone who floats on the water

   Synonyms:
   natation

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

2. floatingadjective

   borne up by or suspended in a liquid

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

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

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

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"

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

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

4. floatingadjective

   inclined to move or be moved about

   "a floating crap game"

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

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

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. natant

   floating or swimming horizontally

   every learner must learn natant in swimming

   Submitted by ochukopeace5 on January 13, 2020  

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1. floatingadjective

   Synonyms:
   supernatant

2. floatingnoun

   Synonyms:
   flotation, flotage, supernatation

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1. List of paraphrases for "floating":

   fly-out, buoyant, variable, vertebral, free-floating, drifting, fleet, inline, fluctuations, hovering

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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. Cedric Leighton:

   If there is any type of conflict in space, Diego Garcia is important in the physical sense and the communications sense, one of the jokes about Diego Garcia is that it's basically a floating aircraft carrier. You could almost say the same about Guam.

3. The Gulf delegate:

   There is no overhang, there is no floating oil looking for a market.

4. Svein Moxnes Harfjeld:

   Continued oil demand and longer transportation distances combined with no fleet growth should support our expectations for 2015 on average to be better than 2014, if floating storage takes place, this will be an additional benefit.

5. Esmae Hapero:

   My love is floating the sky high as can be, when I'm on earth in the apple tree