Synonyms for floating
ˈfloʊ tɪŋfloat·ing

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1. floating, natationadjective

   the act of someone who floats on the water

   Synonyms:
   natation

   Antonyms:
   committed, settled, immobile, aground(p), fixed

2. floatingadjective

   borne up by or suspended in a liquid

   "the ship is still floating"; "floating logs"; "floating seaweed"

   Synonyms:
   vagabond, floating(a), aimless, drifting, vagrant

   Antonyms:
   immobile, committed, settled, aground(p), fixed

3. aimless, drifting, floating, vagabond, vagrantadjective

   continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another

   "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties"

   Synonyms:
   rootless, rudderless, vagrant, planless, undirected, directionless, aimless, vagabond, drifting, adrift(p), floating(a), afloat(p)

   Antonyms:
   aground(p), immobile, committed, fixed, settled

4. floatingadjective

   inclined to move or be moved about

   "a floating crap game"

   Synonyms:
   vagabond, floating(a), aimless, drifting, vagrant

   Antonyms:
   aground(p), fixed, immobile, committed, settled

5. floating(a)adjective

   (of a part of the body) not firmly connected; movable or out of normal position

   "floating ribs are not connected with the sternum"; "a floating kidney"

   Antonyms:
   aground(p), committed, fixed, settled, immobile

6. floating(a)adjective

   not definitely committed to a party or policy

   "floating voters"

   Antonyms:
   fixed, immobile, settled, aground(p), committed

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1. natant

   floating or swimming horizontally

   every learner must learn natant in swimming

   Submitted by ochukopeace5 on January 13, 2020  

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1. floatingadjective

   Synonyms:
   supernatant

2. floatingnoun

   Synonyms:
   flotation, flotage, supernatation

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1. List of paraphrases for "floating":

   fly-out, buoyant, variable, vertebral, free-floating, drifting, fleet, inline, fluctuations, hovering

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1. Cesar Yabor:

   No such structure was known to be left behind due to the height issue -- if it had a steeple -- as well as the floating wood issue.

2. Martin Dolan:

   The only 777 aircraft that we're aware of in the Indian Ocean that could have led to this part floating is MH370.

3. Donald Trump:

   Well, we have tremendous plastics coming over from Asia, from China, and various others, it's not our plastic. It's plastic that's floating over in the ocean and the various oceans from other places. No, plastics are fine, but you have to know what to do with them. But other countries are not taking care of their plastic use and they haven't for a long time. And the plastic that we're getting is floating across the ocean from other places, including China.

4. Nazma Khatun:

   The floating school has brought many benefits, the students can easily go to school and stay close to their parents. The literacy rate is growing here.

5. Laura McComb:

   We are floating in a house that is now floating down the river, call Mom and Dad. I love you, and pray.