English Synonym Finder

floating

Definitions

Resting or moving on the surface of a liquid or in the air without sinking.

Not settled in a definite place; fluctuating or variable.

Able to move freely or not fixed in a permanent position.

Examples

A single white feather was floating gently on the surface of the pond.

The astronaut felt weightless while floating in the vastness of space.

There were several colorful balloons floating above the crowd at the festival.

Synonyms

buoyant drifting afloat suspended hovering wafting bobbing

Antonyms

sinking submerged grounded anchored sunken fixed settled