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单词 buoyant
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buoyant

adjective

buoy·​ant ˈbȯi-ənt How to pronounce buoyant (audio)
ˈbü-yənt
: having buoyancy
Warm air is more buoyant than cool air.
: such as
a
: capable of floating
Cork is naturally buoyant.
b
: cheerful, gay
in a buoyant mood
c
: capable of maintaining a satisfactorily high level
a buoyant economy
buoyantly adverb

Synonyms

  • blithe
  • blithesome
  • bright
  • canty [British dialect]
  • cheerful
  • cheery
  • chipper
  • eupeptic
  • gay
  • gladsome
  • lightsome
  • sunny
  • upbeat
  • winsome
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Example Sentences

Warm air is more buoyant than cool air. The actors were buoyant as they prepared for the evening's performance.
Recent Examples on the Web Fuel oil exports reached 320,000 bpd, the highest level this year, while shipments of methanol, sulfur, and petroleum coke rose slightly from the 252,000 tonnes of July, fueled by buoyant demand in Europe, India, and the United States. The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Sep. 2022 Then rediscover your most buoyant coils and curls with Sam’s new Curl Cleanse Cleansing Conditioner, a co-wash formula, which contains jackfruit, watercress, and sage leaf to smooth, define and nourish each strand. Hannah Coates, Vogue, 2 Sep. 2022 Once harvested, the buoyant tule reeds are wrapped around willow branches, which give each bundle rigidity, and then tied off with thin twine to hold them together. San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2022 The buoyant waltz themes of Rael Jones’ score fit the material to perfection. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 July 2022 By that measure, few figures were as important at this month’s buoyant French TV festival Canneseries than German author Ferdinand von Schirach and Constantin TV’s Oliver Berben. John Hopewell, Variety, 27 Apr. 2022 Earlier, a 94th Academy Awards that steadily maintained a buoyant spirit was rocked by an unbelievable exchange after Will Smith took offense to a joke made by Chris Rock about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. Jake Coyle, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Mar. 2022 Built with buoyant, plush foam layers, the Tuft & Needle mattress balances support and contouring comfort to keep back pain at bay. Jillian Mueller, PEOPLE.com, 22 Nov. 2021 And the flashbacking narrative addresses, with surprising subtlety, buoyant wit and fearless theatricality, several matters that superhero sagas aren’t supposed to trouble themselves about. Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 7 July 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

see buoy entry 1

First Known Use

1578, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

buoyant

adjective

buoy·​ant ˈbȯi-ənt How to pronounce buoyant (audio)
ˈbü-yənt
1
: able to rise and float in the air or on the top of a liquid
buoyant cork
2
: able to keep a body afloat
3
: lighthearted, cheerful a buoyant mood

buoyant

adjective

1
as in cheerful
having or showing a good mood or disposition all the fans were buoyant the day after the big win in the play-offs

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • cheerful
  • optimistic
  • bright
  • upbeat
  • sunny
  • cheery
  • lively
  • chipper
  • blithe
  • smiling
  • winsome
  • gladsome
  • lightsome
  • joyful
  • blithesome
  • merry
  • happy
  • grinning
  • careless
  • delighted
  • hopeful
  • animated
  • jolly
  • gay
  • vivacious
  • sanguine
  • sprightly
  • chirpy
  • satisfied
  • perky
  • rosy
  • jovial
  • canty
  • jaunty
  • laughing
  • lighthearted
  • pleased
  • carefree
  • lilting
  • joyous
  • easygoing
  • mirthful
  • eupeptic
  • blissful
  • insouciant
  • gleeful
  • unconcerned
  • cavalier
  • jocund
  • boon
  • happy-go-lucky
  • beaming
  • tickled
  • gratified
  • glad
  • sprightful
  • devil-may-care

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • gloomy
  • glum
  • morose
  • dour
  • sullen
  • saturnine
  • sulky
  • unhappy
  • sluggish
  • sad
  • joyless
  • listless
  • lethargic
  • torpid
  • dull
  • unsatisfied
  • melancholy
  • depressed
  • downcast
  • low
  • blue
  • sorrowful
  • disconsolate
  • forlorn
  • dejected
  • despondent
  • crestfallen
  • mirthless
  • downhearted
  • hangdog
  • droopy
  • inconsolable
  • disheartened
  • down
  • brokenhearted
  • heavyhearted
  • low-spirited
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2
as in joyful
joyously unrestrained gave him a buoyant hug and kiss upon meeting him at the airport

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • joyful
  • exuberant
  • effervescent
  • lively
  • bubbly
  • bouncy
  • vivacious
  • frolic
  • frolicsome
  • ecstatic
  • outgoing
  • giddy
  • lyric
  • high-spirited
  • gamesome
  • gay
  • sprightly
  • uninhibited
  • boisterous
  • lighthearted
  • carefree
  • extroverted
  • crank
  • bold
  • raucous
  • insouciant
  • euphoric
  • rollicking
  • rapturous
  • rowdy
  • silly
  • happy-go-lucky
  • extraverted
  • saucy
  • brazen
  • impudent
  • overexuberant
  • brash
  • insolent
  • audacious
  • light-headed
  • impertinent

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • sullen
  • subdued
  • restrained
  • constrained
  • inhibited
  • phlegmatic
  • stolid
  • stoical
  • repressed
  • depressed
  • morose
  • low-spirited
  • dour
  • stoic
  • impassive
  • glum
  • surly
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