buoyant

  • 11buoyant — adjective 1 cheerful and confident: Phil was in buoyant mood. 2 buoyant prices etc tend to rise: a buoyant economy 3 able to float or keep things floating: Cork is a very buoyant material. buoyantly adverb …

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  • 12buoyant — buoy|ant [ bɔıənt, bujənt ] adjective 1. ) capable of floating a ) a buoyant liquid is able to make things float in it 2. ) feeling happy and confident 3. ) if the economy or an aspect of the economy is buoyant, it is successful and seems likely… …

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  • 13buoyant — UK [ˈbɔɪənt] / US / US [ˈbujənt] adjective 1) economics if the economy or an aspect of the economy is buoyant, it is successful and seems likely to remain successful The housing market remains buoyant. 2) feeling happy and confident 3) a) capable …

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  • 14buoyant — adjective 1) a buoyant substance Syn: able to float, floating, floatable Ant: leaden 2) a buoyant mood Syn: cheerful, cheery, happy, lighthearted, carefree …

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  • 15buoyant — adjective 1) a buoyant substance Syn: floating, floatable 2) a buoyant mood Syn: cheerful, cheery, happy, light hearted, carefree, joyful, bubbly, bouncy, sunny; informal …

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  • 16buoyant —   Lana, ālana, mālana, mānana, kualana, ālewalewa.    ♦ To make buoyant, ho omālana.    ♦ Buoyant blood, lana ke koko (of youth) …

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  • 17buoyant — adjective Date: 1578 having buoyancy: as a. capable of floating b. cheerful, gay c. capable of maintaining a satisfactorily high level < a buoyant economy > • buoyantly adverb …

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  • 18buoyant — adjective a) having buoyancy; able to float I’m in a buoyant mood. b) lighthearted and lively See Also: buoyancy, buoy, buoy up, buoying …

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  • 19buoyant — adj. Buoyant is used with these nouns: ↑demand, ↑economy, ↑mood …

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  • 20buoyant — [ˈbɔɪənt] adj 1) happy and confident 2) capable of floating 3) successful and likely to remain successful The housing market remains buoyant.[/ex] buoyancy [ˈbɔɪənsi] noun [U] …

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