Synonyms for buoyancy
Most common
lightness levity liveliness airiness perkiness buoyance irrepressibility
All synonyms
Noun
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Definitions
- n. 1
The upward force on a body immersed or partly immersed in a fluid.
Related words
- Word family
- buoy buoyant
- Phrases
- centre of buoyancy buoyancy tank
Forms
- Plural
- buoyancies → airinesses, levities, lightnesses, livelinesses…
Example sentences
- lightness There's a lightness in my heart after talking with him.
- levity They're handling the issue with levity.
- liveliness The liveliness of the gathering surprised me.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| buoyancy | falling | |
| lightness | rising | |
| levity | rising | |
| liveliness | steady | |
| airiness | steady | |
| perkiness | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- levity3
- 8 letters
- hilarity4, airiness, buoyance
- 9 letters
- animation4, lightness2, perkiness
- 10 letters
- liveliness3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (levity3 = 3 syllables).