AFLOAT: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for AFLOAT?

Need another word that means the same as “afloat”? Find 17 synonyms and 30 related words for “afloat” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Afloat” are: adrift, aimless, directionless, planless, rudderless, undirected, awash, flooded, inundated, overflowing, buoyant, floating, suspended, drifting, above the surface, on the surface, above water

Afloat as an Adjective

Definitions of "Afloat" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “afloat” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Floating in water; not sinking.
• Borne on the water; floating.
• Out of debt or difficulty.
• In general circulation; current.
• On board a ship or boat.
• Covered with water.
• Aimlessly drifting.

Synonyms of "Afloat" as an adjective (17 Words)

above the surface	Appearing earlier in the same text.
above water	Appearing earlier in the same text.
adrift	Failing to reach a target or winning position. The film s focus is a young woman adrift in a city where individuals struggle to make meaningful connections.
aimless	Aimlessly drifting. An aimless existence.
awash	Covered or flooded with water, especially seawater or rain. The monsoon left the whole place awash.
buoyant	(of an economy, business, or market) involving or engaged in much successful trade or activity. Buoyant water.
directionless	Lacking in general aim or purpose. Music which bordered on directionless experimentalism.
drifting	Moving passively, aimlessly, or involuntarily. Long stretches of drifting snow.
floating	Continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another. The floating population.
flooded	Covered with water. A flooded bathroom.
inundated	Covered with water. Inundated farmlands.
on the surface	On the surface.
overflowing	Covered with water. An overflowing ashtray.
planless	Aimlessly drifting.
rudderless	Lacking a clear sense of one’s aims or principles. Today s leadership is rudderless.
suspended	(of a sentence) imposed by a judge or court but not enforced as long as no further offence is committed within a specified period. Small vents in the suspended ceilings supply fresh air.
undirected	Aimlessly drifting. She was full of ineffectual undirected anger.

Usage Examples of "Afloat" as an adjective

• The canoes were still afloat.
• There are various rumours afloat connected with his disappearance.
• They trod water to keep afloat.
• Professional management will be needed to keep firms afloat.
• The main deck was afloat (or awash.
• He hopes to find a second-hand craft and be afloat by the end of the month.

Associations of "Afloat" (30 Words)

adrift	Floating freely; not anchored. The film industry was adrift in a sea of debt.
aimless	Aimlessly drifting. An aimless existence.
aimlessly	Without purpose or direction. We wandered aimlessly round Venice.
beggar	Reduce to beggary. Why should I beggar myself for you.
buoy	Mark with a buoy. Shares were up 4p buoyed by his cut and thrust management style.
cast	Make a moulded object by casting metal. Cast a bronze sculpture.
derelict	Forsaken by owner or inhabitants. The barge lay derelict for years.
drift	Move in an unhurried fashion. Excited voices drifted down the hall.
float	A drink with ice cream floating in it. He floated the kick into the net.
floating	(of a part of the body) not firmly connected; movable or out of normal position. A floating platform.
floe	A flat mass of ice (smaller than an ice field) floating at sea.
flooded	Covered with water. A flooded bathroom.
ice	A rink with a floor of ice for ice hockey or ice skating. Americans like ice in their drinks.
limitless	Without limits in extent or size or quantity. The limitless reaches of outer space.
melt	A quantity of metal melted in one operation. Richard gave her a smile that melted her heart.
migrate	(of a person) move to a new area or country in order to find work or better living conditions. Cells that can form pigment migrate beneath the skin.
nomadic	Migratory. The nomadic habits of the Bedouins.
roam	Move about or travel aimlessly or unsystematically, especially over a wide area. He let his eyes roam her face.
roving	(of a person in relation to their job) travelling or required to travel to different locations. A roving correspondent for CNN.
rudderless	Lacking a clear sense of one’s aims or principles. Today s leadership is rudderless.
truant	Of a pupil being a truant. If my daughter had been truanting from school I would have been informed.
undirected	Lacking direction; without a particular aim, purpose, or target. She was full of ineffectual undirected anger.
unsettled	Not settled or established. An unsettled issue.
vacant	Void of intelligence or thought. A vacant stare.
vagabond	Anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place. He went vagabonding about the world.
vagrant	Relating to or living the life of a vagrant. Vagrant hippies of the sixties.
wanderer	A person who travels aimlessly. He is a longtime seaman a rootless wanderer.
wandering	Having no fixed course. His life followed a wandering course.