buoyantadjective
uk/ˈbɔɪ.ənt/us/ˈbɔɪ.ənt/buoyant adjective (FLOATING)
able to float:
Cork is light and buoyant.
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Staying afloat, capsizing & sinking
- bail
- bail sth out
- ducking
- go
- go under
- ground
- keel
- keel over
- refloat
- resurface
- ride
- ride sth out
- right
- run
- run aground/ashore idiom
- sank
- submerge
- sunken
- unsinkable
- waterlogged
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buoyant adjective (HAPPY)
happy and confident:
After reading the letter he was in a buoyant mood.
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Satisfied and complacent
- at one with the world idiom
- be on to a good thing idiom
- complacency
- complacent
- content
- life
- nicely
- pride
- rest
- rest on your laurels idiom
- run
- sate
- sated
- satisfied
- self-fulfilment
- self-satisfied
- smug
- smugly
- thing
- world
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buoyant adjective (SUCCESSFUL)
successful or making a profit:
The housing market remains buoyant.
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Profits & losses
- break
- deficit
- diminishing returns
- gold mine
- gross receipts
- in/out of pocket idiom
- interim
- ka-ching
- licence
- loss
- loss-making
- pay
- profit from sth
- profit sharing
- rig
- rig the market idiom
- speculation
- takings
- turnover
- uneconomic
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buoyancy
noun [ U ] uk/ˈbɔɪ.ən.si/us/ˈbɔɪ.ən.si/
We tested the boat for buoyancy.
He was a man of remarkable buoyancy (= able to stay positive despite problems).
buoyantly
adverb uk/ˈbɔɪ.ənt.li/us/ˈbɔɪ.ənt.li/