1. (noun) float
the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
Synonyms: plasterer's float, ice-cream soda, ice-cream float, air bladder, swim bladder
Antonyms: go under, go down, sink, settle
2. (noun) float
the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public
Synonyms: plasterer's float, ice-cream soda, ice-cream float, air bladder, swim bladder
Antonyms: go down, go under, sink, settle
3. (noun) ice-cream soda, ice-cream float, float
a drink with ice cream floating in it
Synonyms: plasterer's float, ice-cream soda, ice-cream float, air bladder, float, swim bladder
Antonyms: go down, go under, settle, sink
4. (noun) float
an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade
Synonyms: plasterer's float, ice-cream soda, ice-cream float, air bladder, swim bladder
Antonyms: settle, go down, go under, sink
5. (noun) float, plasterer's float
a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco
Synonyms: plasterer's float, float, ice-cream soda, ice-cream float, air bladder, swim bladder
Antonyms: settle, sink, go under, go down
6. (noun) float
something that floats on the surface of water
Synonyms: plasterer's float, ice-cream soda, ice-cream float, air bladder, swim bladder
Antonyms: sink, go down, go under, settle
7. (verb) air bladder, swim bladder, float
an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy
Synonyms: air bladder, ice-cream soda, ice-cream float, plasterer's float, float, swim bladder
Antonyms: sink, settle, go under, go down
8. (verb) float, drift, be adrift, blow
be in motion due to some air or water current
Synonyms: swash, rove, vagabond, botch, ramble, bungle, muck up, range, mishandle, bumble, botch up, brag, stray, blow, tout, burn out, screw up, suck, gasconade, roll, fumble, flub, fellate, cast, ball up, err, freewheel, bollocks, wander, shoot a line, mess up, shove off, waste, louse up, bollocks up, float, gas, bollix, bluster, vaunt, swan, muff, tramp, blow out, swim, foul up, boast, fluff, drift, bobble, go down on, be adrift, shove along, bollix up, fuck up, squander, spoil, roam, bodge
Antonyms: go under, sink, go down, settle
9. (verb) float, swim
be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
Synonyms: be adrift, drift, blow, drown, float, swim
Antonyms: go down, go under, sink, settle
10. (verb) float
set afloat
Synonyms: be adrift, drift, blow, swim
Antonyms: go under, go down, settle, sink
11. (verb) float
circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with
Synonyms: be adrift, drift, blow, swim
Antonyms: settle, go down, sink, go under
12. (verb) float
move lightly, as if suspended
Synonyms: be adrift, drift, blow, swim
Antonyms: go down, go under, settle, sink
13. (verb) float
put into the water
Synonyms: be adrift, drift, blow, swim
Antonyms: go down, settle, go under, sink
14. (verb) float
make the surface of level or smooth
Synonyms: be adrift, drift, blow, swim
Antonyms: sink, settle, go under, go down
15. (verb) float
allow (currencies) to fluctuate
Synonyms: be adrift, drift, blow, swim
Antonyms: settle, go under, go down, sink
16. (verb) float
convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation
Synonyms: be adrift, drift, blow, swim
Antonyms: sink, go down, settle, go under
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Synonyms and Antonyms of float 
