buoyancy
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface
Types & categories
- blitheness hypernym
Related & opposite
- perky derivation
Sense 2 noun
the property of something weightless and insubstantial
Types & categories
- weightlessness hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the tendency to float in water or other liquid
Types & categories
- tendency hypernym
Sense 4 noun
irrepressible liveliness and good spirit
I admired his buoyancy and persistent good humor
Types & categories
- sprightliness hypernym
Related & opposite
- perky derivation
- irrepressible derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | perky |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | blitheness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | aery |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | airy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | buoyant |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | weightlessness |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | tendency |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | perky |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | irrepressible |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | sprightliness |