float | Definition of float

float

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of float

1 to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air

a canoe floating down the river

particles of dust floating in the air

Synonyms of float

drift, glide, hang, hover, poise, ride, sail, swim, waft

Words Related to float

bob, dangle, suspend

Near Antonyms of float

dive, lunge, plunge

dip, immerse, submerge, submerse

Antonyms of float

2 to move about from place to place aimlessly

lost touch with a childhood friend who spent much of his adult life floating from place to place

Synonyms of float

bat, cruise, drift, gad (about), gallivant (also galavant), kick around, knock (about), maunder, meander, mooch, ramble, range, roam, rove, traipse, wander

Words Related to float

amble, saunter, stroll

gypsy, hobo, tramp, vagabond

mill (about or around)

straggle, stray