floating
adjective
[ ˈfləʊtɪŋ ]
• buoyant or suspended in water or air.
• "a floating platform"
Similar:
buoyant,
buoyed up,
non-submerged,
on the surface,
above water,
afloat,
drifting,
hovering,
levitating,
suspended,
hanging,
defying gravity,
• not settled permanently; fluctuating or variable.
• "floating exchange rates"
Similar:
unsettled,
not settled,
not fixed,
transient,
temporary,
variable,
fluctuating,
migrant,
wandering,
nomadic,
moving,
on the move,
migratory,
travelling,
drifting,
roving,
roaming,
itinerant,
vagrant,
vagabond,
changeable,
changing,
fluid,
free,
up and down,
Opposite:
settled,
fixed,
float
verb
• rest or move on or near the surface of a liquid without sinking.
• "she relaxed, floating gently in the water"
Similar:
stay afloat,
stay on the surface,
be buoyant,
be buoyed up,
• move or hover slowly and lightly in a liquid or the air; drift.
• "clouds floated across a brilliant blue sky"
Similar:
hover,
levitate,
be suspended,
hang,
defy gravity,
drift,
glide,
sail,
slip,
slide,
waft,
flow,
stream,
move,
travel,
be carried,
• put forward (an idea) as a suggestion or test of reactions.
Similar:
suggest,
put forward,
come up with,
submit,
raise,
moot,
propose,
advance,
offer,
proffer,
posit,
present,
table,
test the popularity of,
• (of a currency) fluctuate freely in value in accordance with supply and demand in the financial markets.
• "a policy of letting the pound float"
Origin:
Old English flotian (verb), of Germanic origin and related to fleet4, reinforced in Middle English by Old French floter, also from Germanic.
