Synonyms of floating

1. floating, natation, swimming, swim: usage: the act of someone who floats on the water

1. float, drift, be adrift, blow, travel, go, move, locomote: usage: be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"
2. float, swim, travel, go, move, locomote: usage: be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
3. float, transport: usage: set afloat; "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond"
4. float, test, prove, try, try out, examine, essay: usage: circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with; "The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform"
5. float, travel, go, move, locomote: usage: move lightly, as if suspended; "The dancer floated across the stage"
6. float, launch: usage: put into the water; "float a ship"
7. float, smooth, smoothen: usage: make the surface of level or smooth; "float the plaster"
8. float, value: usage: allow (currencies) to fluctuate; "The government floated the ruble for a few months"
9. float, convert, change over: usage: convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation; "float data"

1. floating, afloat(predicate) (vs. aground): usage: borne up by or suspended in a liquid; "the ship is still floating"; "floating logs"; "floating seaweed"
2. aimless, drifting, floating, vagabond, vagrant, unsettled (vs. settled): usage: continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties"
3. floating, mobile (vs. immobile): usage: inclined to move or be moved about; "a floating crap game"
4. floating(prenominal), unfixed (vs. fixed): usage: (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"
5. floating(prenominal), uncommitted (vs. committed): usage: not definitely committed to a party or policy; "floating voters"