floating
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of someone who floats on the water
Types & categories
- swimming hypernym
- dead-man's float hyponym
Related & opposite
- swim derivation
Sense 2 adjective
borne up by or suspended in a liquid
the ship is still floating
Related & opposite
- afloatp similar to
Sense 3 adjective
continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
a drifting double-dealer
Related & opposite
- purposelessness derivation
- vagabond derivation
- vagrant derivation
- vagrancy derivation
- unsettled similar to
Sense 4 adjective
inclined to move or be moved about
a floating crap game
Related & opposite
- mobile similar to
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | swim |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | swimming |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dead-man's float |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | afloatp |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | purposelessness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | vagabond |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | vagrant |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | vagrancy |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | unsettled |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | mobile |