floaty

Thân thiện

The child wears a bright orange floaty in the swimming pool.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Light and airy, tending to float or drift: Describes something that is very lightweight, often made of thin or delicate fabric, giving it a tendency to float on air or water rather than sink.
   • Buoyant: Capable of floating on a liquid or rising in air or gas.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • She wore a beautiful, floaty summer dress that billowed in the breeze.
  • The floaty scarf drifted away on the wind.
  • The material is so light and floaty that it seems to hover.

Advanced Usage

• Describing a feeling or atmosphere: Informally, "floaty" can describe a light, carefree, or ethereal feeling, often associated with happiness or a dreamlike state.
  • After the meditation session, I felt calm and floaty.
  • The music gave the room a floaty, relaxed atmosphere.

Variants and Related Words

• Float (verb/noun): To rest or move on the surface of a liquid; to be suspended in air. (e.g., )
• Floating (adjective): Buoyant; not fixed in one place. (e.g., )
• Buoyant (adjective): Able to float; cheerful and optimistic. This is a close synonym for the physical property sense of "floaty."

Synonyms

• Airy: Light and delicate.
• Gossamer: Very light, thin, and insubstantial.
• Diaphanous: Light, delicate, and translucent.
• Buoyant: Able to float; cheerful.

Antonyms

• Heavy: Of great weight.
• Dense: Closely compacted in substance.
• Leadened: Made heavy or slow.

Related Phrases/Idioms

• To float on air: To feel extremely happy and light-hearted.
  • After getting the job, she was floating on air.
• To float an idea: To suggest an idea tentatively to gauge reaction.
  • He decided to float the idea of a team retreat at the next meeting.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas
   • buoyant balloons
   • buoyant balsawood boats
   • a floaty scarf

Từ đồng nghĩa

• buoyant