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Buoyant

Definition: Buoyant

Buoyant

Adjective

1. Tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas; "buoyant balloons"; "buoyant balsawood boats"; "a floaty scarf".

2. Characterized by liveliness and light-heartedness; "buoyant spirits"; "his quick wit and chirpy humor"; "looking bright and well and chirpy"; "a perky little widow in her 70s".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "buoyant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Note: Buoyant \Buoy"ant\, adjective. [From Buoy, transitive verb]. (references)


Synonyms: Buoyant

Synonyms: chirpy (adj), floaty (adj), perky (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Buoyant

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Ascent

Adjective: rising; Verb: scandent, buoyant; supernatant, superfluitant; excelsior.

Cheerfulness

Adjective: cheerful; happy; cheery, cheerly; of good cheer, smiling; blithe; in spirits, in good spirits; breezy, bully, chipper; in high spirits, in high feather; happy as the day is long, happy as a king; gay as a lark; allegro; debonair; light, lightsome, light hearted; buoyant, debonnaire, bright, free and easy, airy; janty, jaunty, canty; hedonic; riant; sprightly, sprightful; spry; spirited, spiritful; lively, animated, vivacious; brisk as a bee; sparkling, sportive; full of play, full of spirit; all alive.

Elasticity

Adjective: elastic, flexible, tensile, spring, resilient, renitent, buoyant; ductile, stretchable, extendable.

Hope

Adjective: hoping; Verb: in hopes; Noun: hopeful, confident; secure; (certain); sanguine, in good heart, buoyed up, buoyant, elated, flushed, exultant, enthusiastic; heartsome; utopian.

Levity

Adjective: light, subtile, airy; imponderous, imponderable; astatic, weightless, ethereal, sublimated; gossamery; suberose, suberous; uncompressed, volatile; buoyant, floating. Verb: portable.

Prosperity

Adjective: prosperous; thriving; Verb: in a fair way, buoyant; well off, well to do, well to do in the world; set up, at one's ease; rich; in good case; in full, in high feather; fortunate, lucky, in luck; born with a silver spoon in one's mouth, born under a lucky star; on the sunny side of the hedge.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Buoyant

English words defined with "buoyant": buoyantlychirpily, cork jacketfloating dock, flotation deviceInsubmergiblelife belt, life buoy, life jacket, life preserver, life ring, life vest, lifesaver, light, lightsome, liltingpreserversafety belt, surfboard, swinging, swingytrippingWaftage, wakeboard. (references)
Specialty definitions using "buoyant": convergent plate boundarydisplacement-type float, drifting minefloating strainer, flotation gearglacier burst, glacier floodjökulhaup,glacier outburst floodLife-boatmetacentric height. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Buoyant

DomainTitle

Books

  • Buoyant Convection in Geophysical Flows (NATO Asi Series. Series C, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Vol 513) (reference)

  • Heat transfer and turbulent buoyant convection : studies and applications for natural environment, buildings, engineering systems (reference)

  • Oil Refineries and Petrochemical Industries in Western Europe: Buoyant Past Uncertain Future (Studies in Spatial Analysis) (reference)

  • Proceedings of the Seminar on Tensioned Buoyant Platforms: Analysis, Design, and Field Experience (reference)

  • Research on the behaviour of piles as anchors for buoyant structures : summary report : tests carried out by the Building Research Establishment for BP International, Britoil plc and the Department of Energy (reference)

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Periodicals

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Buoyant

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: Buoyant

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Early hard hats were heavy in air, but buoyant underwater. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Buoyant

AuthorQuotation

Alexander Maclaren

Seek to cultivate a buoyant, joyous sense of the crowded kindnesses of God in your daily life.

Catharine Esther Beecher

The delicate and infirm go for sympathy, not to the well and buoyant, but to those who have suffered like themselves.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Buoyant

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

These diets lead to the production of large buoyant VLDL particles, which are thought to be less atherogenic compared to dense VLDL particles. (references)

Business

Thus, in the meantime, the market for fuel additives will remain buoyant. (references)

Growth in imports is expected to continue, as the market for aircraft maintenance remains buoyant. (references)

There is still room for U.S. companies to join Otis, Dover and General Electric and participate in Singapore's buoyant market. (references)

Economic History

Switzerland

U.S. exports of fresh green asparagus continue to enjoy buoyant demand. (references)

Sri Lanka

The paddy sector, which has been buoyant in the past three years, is likely to slow. (references)

India

Inflation has remained moderate, foreign exchange reserves strong, and exports buoyant. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Buoyant

"Buoyant" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Buoyant" is used about 360 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%36014,962

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Buoyant

Expression using "buoyant": buoyant chistie. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "buoyant": ever-buoyant.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Buoyant

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

buoyant force

12

buoyant

10

buoyant thomas

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Buoyant

Language Translations for "buoyant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

pluskues (awash, float, floatable, floating, supernatant), notues (ball cock, floatable, floater, floaty, natatorial, natatory, supernatant, water borne), i gjallë (above ground, alive, animate, animated, breathing, brisk, buckish, busy, canty, colorful, colourful, crude, dapper, dashing, dynamic, elastic, erect, fresh, frisky, glowing, graphic, graphical, green, humming, intense, jocund, keen, larky, live, lively, living, mercurial, nimble, noisy, perky, pert, picturesque, playful, poignant, quick, raw, red blooded, saucy, skittish, smart, snappy, spirited, sprightly, spry, uncooked, vital, vivacious, vivid). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مرح (airiness, airy, be merry, blithe, breezy, bright, buoyancy, cheerful, cheerfulness, cheering, chirpy, exult, facetious, festive, fresh, frisk, frisky, frolic, frolicsome, fun, gaiety, gay, glee, gleeful, have fun, hilarious, hilarity, jaunty, jocose, jocosity, jocund, jolly, jovial, joviality, joy, joyful, joyfulness, joyous, kittenish, lark, light, lightsome, lively, make merry, merriment, merry, merry making, mirth, mirthful, perkiness, perky, playful, playfulness, playing, rejoice, rollick, romp, sportive, sprightly, sunny, vivacious, vivacity, what fun, winsome), ‏مبهج (cheerful, delightful, enjoyable, entrancing, gladsome, heavenly, joyful, joyous, winsome, yummy), ‏مبتهج (alacrity, blithe, breezy, bright, carefree, cheerful, cheery, debonair, delighted, delightful, elate, elated, exultant, gay, glad, gleeful, happy, high-spirited, jolly, joyful, joyous, jubilant, mellow, merry, mirthful, overjoyed, palmy, rejoicing, upbeat), ‏نشط (activate, active, animate, bestir oneself, brisk, elevate, ginger, harden, hum, invigorate, live, liven, pep up, perk up, pick up, practising, pushing, quick, quicken, reactivate, rekindle, revive, rouse, stimulate, stringent, strong, vivify, waken), ‏قادر على التعويم, ‏قابل للطفو (floatable), ‏طاف (afloat, circuit, cruise, floating, promenade, range, roam, roll, rove, scour, swag, tour, travel). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

който не пада духом, весел (airy, blithe, blithesome, boisterous, bright, canty, cheery, chirp, chirpy, colorful, colourful, coltish, convivial, daft, debonair, exhilarated, festal, gamesome, gay, genial, gladsome, gleeful, gleesome, good humoured, good-humored, high, humorous, jaunty, jocular, jocund, joky, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, light, light hearted, lightsome, lively, mellow, merry, mirthful, peppy, perky, rackety, roistering, rollicking, rorty, rosy, saucy, slaphappy, sparkish, sportive, sporty, sprightly, swinging, upbeat, winsome), плаващ (afloat, floatable, floating, movable, natatorial, natatory). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

轻飘飘, (floating). (various references)

   

Czech

  

vzplývavý, vznosný, vzkvétající (booming, healthy), vzestupný (upward), schopný plout, optimistický (optimistic, sanguine, sunny). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

سبکروح (Bouncy), سبک (Gossamer, Levigate, Levity, Mode, Order, Phraseology, Portable, Soft, Structure, Style, Thin, Volatile), خوشدل (Buxom, Happy), شناور (Adrift, Afloat). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

keveällä mielellä (in buoyant spirits, light at heart). (various references)

   

French

  

plein d'entrain, flottant, flottable, ferme, content, actif (bustling, busy). (various references)

   

German

  

schwimmend (afloat, buoyantly, floating, swimming). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κεφάτοσ (cheerful, jaunty, jovial, merry), ζωηρόσ (bobbish, bouncing, breezy, brisk, buxom, cheery, chipper, crisp, dapper, dashing, frisky, gay, grig, jaunty, lightsome, live, lively, lurid, mercurial, peppy, perky, poignant, quick, racy, rompish, smacking, smart, snappish, snappy, spanking, sparkish, spicy, spirited, sprightly, spry, stirring, vibrant, vivacious, vivid, volatile, zippy), ελαφρόσ (feathery, flippant, frivolous, gentle, light, lightsome, resilient, skin deep, slight, yeasty), αλλέγροσ. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ציפ י. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

úszóképes (seaworthy). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

bisa mengapung, ringan (bright, mild). (various references)

   

Italian

  

vivace (alive, animated, bright, brisk, chirpy, colorful, colourful, dashing, frisky, gay, jaunty, lively, perky, quick, racy, skittish, spirited, sprightly, spry, vibrant, vigorous, vivacious, vivid), galleggiante (barge, float, floater, floating), elastico (elastic, resilient, rubber band, springy, stretchy, supple, whippy), che può o fa galleggiare, allegro (allegro, blithe, blithesome, breezy, bright, cheerful, cheery, frisky, frolicsome, gay, hilarious, jocular, jolly, jovial, joyful, laughing, light hearted, lightsome, lively, merry, mirthful, perky, sportive, sprightly, sunny, wanton). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

浮き浮き (cheerful, cheery, lighthearted), 気軽い (cheerful, lighthearted), 気軽 (cheerful, lighthearted). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

きがるい (cheerful, lighthearted), きがる (cheerful, lighthearted), うきうき (cheerful, cheery, lighthearted). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

잘 뜨". (various references)

   

Manx

  

snaueagh (creepy, swimming), lane dy chree as d'aigney. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

uoyantbay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

vivo (above-ground, active, acute, adroit, agile, alert, alive, argute, bobbish, bouncing, brainy, breezy, bright, brisk, chirpy, clear-sighted, clinking, coltish, cork, corky, crisp, dapper, diagram, fervent, frisky, gaudy, gay, graphic, graphical, hasty, hurry, intense, juicy, keen, kittenish, knowing, light, lightsome, live, lively, living, luminous, lusty, mercurial, mettled, mettlesome, nimble, nippy, parky, perky, pert, picturesque, poignant, quick, racy, rattling, resilient, shrewd, smart, spanking, speaking, spirited, sprightly, spry, stirring, subtil, subtile, subtle, swift, swift-handed, vivacious, vivid, volatile, warm, watchful, zippy), leve (fleet-footed, flowing, fluffy, gauzy, gentle, glib, gossamer, light, light-legged, remote, sleazy, slight, slim, tenuous, tripping, weightless), flutuante (afloat, awash, floating, flowing, flying, supernatant, unfunded, wavy), alegre (alive, blithe, blithesome, bonny, boon, breezy, brisk, buxom, canty, cheerful, cheery, chirpy, coltish, convivial, corky, diverting, entertaining, exhilarated, festal, festive, frolicsome, gamesome, gay, glad, gladsome, gleeful, happy, hilarious, holiday, jaunty, jocular, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, jubilant, larksome, laughing, light, light-hearted, lightsome, lively, merry, mirthful, peart, resilient, slaphappy, sportful, sportive, sprightly, tipsy, vivid, volatile, winsome). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

plutitor (float, floatable, floating, swimmer), optimist (bright, elastic, hopeful, optimist, optimistic, resilient, sanguine), flotabil (floatable), energic (a live wire, active, alive, brisk, dapper, drastic, dynamic, emphatic, energetic, energetically, forcible, full of beans, humming, iron, keen, lively, living, managing, mightily, peppy, peremptory, pushful, pushing, sharp, snappy, stout, stoutly, strenuous, strong, strong-minded, trenchant, virile), elastic (ductile, elastic, elastically, extensible, flexibile, rebounding, resilient, springy, supple, tensile, yielding). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

плавучий (floatable, floating, floaty). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

bodrost, svežina (coolness, crispness, flush, freshness, greenness, lustiness), plovan (navigable, water borne), plivajući (floating). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

flotante (adrift, afloat, aloft, ambulant, braggart, floating, loose, supernatant). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

bärande (carry, carrying). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ลอยตัว (buoy). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

batmaz, yüzen (floating, natant), yüksek (above, acro-, Clarion, elevated, exalted, high, highrise, hyper-, lofty, loud, over, penetrating, penetrative, spheric, stately, superior, tall), neşeli (airy, animate, animated, blithe, boon, breezy, bright, bucked, buoyed up, cheerful, cheerfully, cheery, chirpy, cock-a-hoop, debonair, debonaire, easygoing, eupeptic, exhilarated, fit as a fiddle, full of beans, gamesome, gay, genial, gleeful, high, hilarious, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, lively, merry, merrymaking, mirthful, perky, rambunctious, rollicking, slaphappy, spirited, sportive, sprightly, sunny, upbeat, vivacious), kaygısız (carefree, careless, freewheeling, gaily, insouciant, jaunty, light hearted, unconcerned). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

житт"радісний (blithe, canty, chirpy, exuberant, jocund, resilient), плавучий (floatable, floating). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

nổi (raised). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Buoyant

Derivations

Words beginning with "buoyant": buoyantly. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Buoyant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bakoyanni, Bhuiyan, boant, bouyant, boyan, boyant, buayant, budokan, Bulyanda, buouyant, buoyont, buyont, buyount, Ubaydat. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Buoyant"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "buoyant" (pronounced boy"unt)
5b oy" u n tflamboyant.
4-oy" u n tclairvoyant.
3-u n tagent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, celebrant, claimant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Buoyant

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-n-o-t-u-y"

-1 letter: botany, bounty.

-2 letters: about, atony, aunty, banty, baton, bayou, bunya, outby, tabun.

-3 letters: abut, aunt, auto, boat, bony, bota, bout, bunt, buoy, nota, tabu, toby, tony, tuba, tuna, unto, yuan.

-4 letters: abo, aby, ant, any, ban, bat, bay, boa, bot, boy, bun, but, buy, nab, nay, nob, not, nub, nut, oat, out, tab, tan.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-n-o-t-u-y"
 

+2 letters: buoyantly, countably.

 

+3 letters: butylation, incubatory.

 

+4 letters: ablutionary, accountably, backcountry, butylations, subcontrary, unstoppably.

 

+5 letters: autoantibody, binocularity, connubiality, constabulary, countability, incommutably, incomputably, questionably, subnormality, unflamboyant, unprofitably.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Familiar
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Usage Frequency
10. Expressions
11. Expressions: Internet
12. Translations: Modern
13. Derivations
14. Rhymes
15. Anagrams
16. Bibliography


  

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