floating
Meaning of floating
adjective
- buoyant or suspended in water or air.
a floating platform
- not settled permanently; fluctuating or variable.
floating exchange rates
- rest or move on or near the surface of a liquid without sinking.
she relaxed, floating gently in the water
- move or hover slowly and lightly in a liquid or the air; drift.
clouds floated across a brilliant blue sky
- put forward (an idea) as a suggestion or test of reactions.
- (of a currency) fluctuate freely in value in accordance with supply and demand in the financial markets.
a policy of letting the pound float
Old English flotian (verb), of Germanic origin and related to fleet4, reinforced in Middle English by Old French floter, also from Germanic.
Information about floating
- The plural form of floating is: floatings.
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Hyphenation of floating
float-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- floating is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
floating synonyms
Meaning aimless:
aimless, drifting, vagabond, vagrant
Meaning natation:
Meaning able or tending to keep afloat or rise to the top of a liquid or gas:
Meaning floating in water; not sinking:
Meaning remain in one place in the air:
Meaning rise or cause to rise and hover in the air, typically by means of supposed magical powers:
Meaning (of a sentence) imposed by a judge or court but not enforced as long as no further offence is committed within a specified period:
Meaning suspended in the air:
Meaning lacking order or stability:
Meaning lasting only for a short time; impermanent:
Meaning lasting for only a limited period of time; not permanent:
Meaning not consistent or having a fixed pattern; liable to change:
Meaning rising and falling irregularly in number or amount:
Meaning tending to migrate or having migrated:
Meaning travelling aimlessly from place to place; itinerant:
Meaning living the life of a nomad; wandering:
Meaning in motion:
Meaning denoting an animal that migrates:
Meaning going or being transported from place to place:
Meaning constantly moving from one area or place to another:
Meaning moving about aimlessly or unsystematically, especially over a wide area:
Meaning travelling from place to place:
Meaning liable to unpredictable variation:
Meaning make (someone or something) different; alter or modify:
Meaning (of a substance) able to flow easily:
Meaning able to act or be done as one wishes; not under the control of another:
Meaning remain static in the air:
Meaning be carried slowly by a current of air or water:
Meaning move with a smooth, quiet continuous motion:
Meaning move smoothly and rapidly or in a stately or confident manner:
Meaning lose one's footing and slide unintentionally for a short distance:
Meaning move smoothly along a surface while maintaining continuous contact with it:
Meaning (with reference to a scent, sound, etc.) pass or cause to pass gently through the air:
Meaning (of a liquid, gas, or electricity) move steadily and continuously in a current or stream:
Meaning (of hair, clothing, etc.) float or wave at full extent in the wind:
Meaning go in a specified direction or manner; change position:
Meaning go from one place to another, typically over a distance of some length:
Meaning put forward for consideration:
Meaning accept or yield to a superior force or to the authority or will of another person:
Meaning lift or move to a higher position or level:
Meaning raise (a question or topic) for discussion; suggest (an idea or possibility):
Meaning put forward (a plan or suggestion) for consideration by others:
Meaning move forwards in a purposeful way:
Meaning present or proffer (something) for (someone) to accept or reject as desired:
Meaning hold out or put forward (something) to someone for acceptance:
Meaning put forward as fact or as a basis for argument:
Meaning in a particular place:
Meaning present formally for discussion or consideration at a meeting:
floating antonyms
Meaning having sunk or been submerged in water:
Meaning well balanced and sensible:
Meaning resolve or reach an agreement about (an argument or problem):
Meaning fastened securely in position:
Meaning go down below the surface of something, especially of a liquid; become submerged:
Meaning move with urgent haste:
Meaning remove or take away (something) from a particular place or position:
Translation of floating
Words that rhyme with floating
Ting, ting, Hooperating, Italianating, Keating, Kweihwating, Photostating, abalienating, abating, abbreviating, abdicating, aberrating, abirritating, abjudicating, ablactating, ablating, abnegating, abominating, abrogating, absinthiating, absquatulating, accelerating, accentuating, acceptilating, acclimating, accommodating, acculturating, accumulating, acerbating, acetylating, acidulating, acierating, activating, actuating, acuating, acuminating, acylating, adiating, adjudicating, adminiculating, administrating, adstipulating, adulating, adulterating, adumbrating, advocating, aerating, aerobating, affiliating, agglomerating
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