Afloat

Quick meaning: Afloat is an adverb meaning In or into a state of floating.

Meaning

In or into a state of floating.

More Meanings

1. In, or while in, a vessel at sea or on another body of water; at sea.
2. Under water (bearing floating objects).
3. (figurative, of ideas, information, etc.) In or into circulation or currency.
4. Floating.
5. In, or found while in, a vessel at sea or on another body of water.
6. Floating in the air; flowing freely; not tied, braided, etc. (of hair or clothing)
7. (obsolete, figurative, of an emotional state) In or into a condition of stimulation, arousal, confusion, bewilderment, etc.

Example Sentences

setting a lie aflote

[…] that trade […] may likewise employ many useful hands both ashore and afloat,

You have so little Brains, that a Penn’orth of Butter melted under ’um, would set ’um afloat:

Navy chow ashore is rarely as good as it is afloat, and for enlisted men it is usually much worse.

Synonyms for afloat

Depending on context, synonyms include awash, flooded, alive, solvent, circulating, current.

Antonyms for afloat

Common opposites include ashore, bankrupt, insolvent.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include floating, adrift, drifting, waterborne, inundated, flooded.

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