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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>
Related Words bob, dangle, suspend; buoy; balloon, raft
Antonyms settle, sink
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 bat, cruise, drift, float, gad (about), gallivant (also galavant), kick around, knock (about), maunder, meander, mooch, ramble, range, roam, rove, traipse
Related Words amble, saunter, stroll; dawdle, mope; gypsy, hobo, tramp, vagabond; mill (about or around); straggle, stray

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