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BUOYANCY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Irrepressible liveliness and good spirit

Example:

I admired his buoyancy and persistent good humor

Synonyms:

buoyancy; irrepressibility

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("buoyancy" is a kind of...):

life; liveliness; spirit; sprightliness (animation and energy in action or expression)

Derivation:

buoyant (characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The tendency to float in water or other liquid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("buoyancy" is a kind of...):

inclination; tendency (a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The property of something weightless and insubstantial

Synonyms:

airiness; buoyancy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("buoyancy" is a kind of...):

lightness; weightlessness (the property of being comparatively small in weight)

Derivation:

buoyant (tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface

Synonyms:

buoyancy; perkiness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("buoyancy" is a kind of...):

blitheness; cheerfulness (a feeling of spontaneous good spirits)

Derivation:

buoyant (characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness)

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