Synonyms for buoy
ˈbu i, bɔɪbuoy

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1. buoy

   Synonyms:
   animate, cheer, embolden, encourage, inspirit, rally, uphold

   Antonyms:
   abash, bewilder, chagrin, confound, confuse, daunt, discompose, disconcert, dishearten, embarrass, humble, humiliate, mortify, overawe, shame

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1. buoy

   Synonyms:
   float, support, sustain, elevate, elate, assure, animate, cheer, inspire

   Antonyms:
   sink, drown, depress, swamp, overcome, deject, crush, fail, betray

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1. buoyverb

   bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards

2. buoyverb

   float on the surface of water

   Synonyms:
   buoy up

3. buoy, buoy upverb

   keep afloat

   "The life vest buoyed him up"

   Synonyms:
   buoy up, lighten up, lighten

4. buoyverb

   mark with a buoy

   Synonyms:
   buoy up

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1. • Float
   • Mark

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1. buoynoun

   Synonyms:
   float (to indicate shoals, anchoring places, &c.)

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1. List of paraphrases for "buoy":

   floatie, buoys, drifters, lifeline, beacon, lifebuoys, floats

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How to use buoy in a sentence?

1. Le Cun:

   I am 100% positive that there were no signs on the buoy, i know that because my boat was tied to that buoy.

2. Barry Svrluga:

   He was in the Navy and he was in a sub-chaser ship, he describes in these journals these night-after-night runs to the coast of France to set buoy markers.

3. William Cobbett:

   The very hirelings of the press, whose trade it is to buoy up the spirits of the people. have uttered falsehoods so long, they have played off so many tricks, that their budget seems, at last, to be quite empty.

4. Peter Wallerstein:

   It's in pretty good condition, it looks a little thin. It's swimming really good. We put a buoy on it last night that should slow it down, and we should be able to spot it.

5. Jennifer Lehr:

   The message a child gets is that not only is another person's emotional state their responsibility but that they must also sacrifice their own bodies to buoy another's ego or satisfy their desire for love or affection, certainly no parent would wish for their teenager or adult child to feel pressure to reciprocate unwanted sexual advances, yet many teach their children at a young age that it's their job to use their bodies to make others happy.