Synonyms of the word

float

• v. (intransitive) Of an object or substance, to be supported by a liquid of greater density than the object…
• v. (transitive) To cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density.
• v. (intransitive) To be capable of floating.
• v. (intransitive) To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating.
• v. (intransitive) To drift or wander aimlessly.
• v. (intransitive) To drift gently through the air.
• v. (intransitive) To move in a fluid manner.
• v. (intransitive, colloquial) (of an idea or scheme) To be viable.
• v. (transitive) To propose (an idea) for consideration.
• v. (intransitive) To automatically adjust a parameter as related parameters change.
• v. (intransitive, finance) (of currencies) To have an exchange value determined by the markets as opposed…
• v. (transitive, finance) To allow (the exchange value of a currency) to be determined by the markets.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To extend a short-term loan to.
• v. (transitive, finance) To issue or sell shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public,…
• v. (transitive) To use a float (tool).
• v. (poker) To perform a float.
• v. (computing, transitive) To cause (an element within a document) to float above or beside others.
• n. A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
• n. A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft.
• n. A float board.
• n. A tool similar to a rasp, used in various trades.
• n. A sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces or smoothing plaster.
• n. An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade or pageant.
• n. (Britain) A small vehicle used for local deliveries, especially in the term milk float.
• n. (finance) Funds committed to be paid but not yet paid.
• n. (finance, Australia, and other Commonwealth countries?) An offering of shares in a company (or units in…
• n. (banking) The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet…
• n. (insurance) Premiums taken in but not yet paid out.
• n. (programming) A floating-point number, especially one that has lower precision than a double.
• n. A soft beverage with a scoop of ice-cream floating in it.
• n. A small sum of money put in a cashier's till at the start of business to enable change to be made.
• n. (poker) A maneuver where a player calls on the flop or turn with a weak hand, with the intention of bluffing…
• n. (knitting) One of the loose ends of yarn on an unfinished work.
• n. (automotive) a car carrier or car transporter truck or truck-and-trailer combination.
• n. (transport) a lowboy trailer.
• n. (tempering) A device sending a copious stream of water to the heated surface of a bulky object, such as…
• n. (obsolete) The act of flowing; flux; flow.
• n. A quantity of earth, eighteen feet square and one foot deep.
• n. A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.
• n. (Britain, dated) A coal cart.
• n. A breakdancing move in which the body is held parallel to the floor while balancing on one or both hands.
• n. (computing) A visual style on a web page that causes the styled elements to float above or beside others.

artefact

• n. (British spelling, Australian spelling) alternative form of artifact.

artifact

• n. An object made or shaped by human hand.
• n. (archaeology) An object, such as a tool, weapon or ornament, of archaeological or historical interest,…
• n. Something viewed as a product of human conception or agency rather than an inherent element.
• n. A structure or finding in an experiment or investigation that is not a true feature of the object under…
• n. (biology) A structure or appearance in protoplasm due to death, method of preparation of specimens, or…
• n. An object made or shaped by some agent or intelligence, not necessarily of direct human origin.
• n. (computing) A perceptible distortion that appears in a digital image, audio or video file as a result…

blow

• adj. (now chiefly dialectal, Northern England) Blue.
• v. (intransitive) To produce an air current.
• v. (transitive) To propel by an air current.
• v. (intransitive) To be propelled by an air current.
• v. (transitive) To create or shape by blowing; as in to blow bubbles, to blow glass.
• v. To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.
• v. To clear of contents by forcing air through.
• v. (transitive) To cause to make sound by blowing, as a musical instrument.
• v. (intransitive) To make a sound as the result of being blown.
• v. (intransitive, of a cetacean) To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while…
• v. (intransitive) To explode.
• v. (transitive, with "up" or with prep phrase headed by "to") To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly…
• v. (transitive) To cause sudden destruction of.
• v. (intransitive) To suddenly fail destructively.
• v. (intransitive, slang) To be very undesirable (see also suck).
• v. (transitive, slang) To recklessly squander.
• v. (transitive, vulgar) To fellate.
• v. (transitive) To leave.
• v. To make flyblown, to defile, especially with fly eggs.
• v. (obsolete) To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.
• v. (obsolete) To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.
• v. (intransitive) To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
• v. (transitive) To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.
• v. (obsolete) To talk loudly; to boast; to storm.
• v. (slang, informal, African American Vernacular) To sing.
• n. A strong wind.
• n. (informal) A chance to catch one’s breath.
• n. (uncountable, US, slang) Cocaine.
• n. (uncountable, Britain, slang) Cannabis.
• n. (uncountable, US Chicago Regional, slang) Heroin.
• n. The act of striking or hitting.
• n. A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
• n. A damaging occurrence.
• v. To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.
• n. A mass or display of flowers; a yield.
• n. A display of anything brilliant or bright.
• n. A bloom, state of flowering.

convert

• n. A person who has converted to a religion.
• n. A person who is now in favour of something that he or she previously opposed or disliked.
• v. (transitive) To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.
• v. (transitive) To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another.
• v. (transitive) To induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, ideology or belief (see also sense…
• v. (transitive) To exchange for something of equal value.
• v. (transitive) To express (a quantity) in alternative units.
• v. (transitive) To express (a unit of measure) in terms of another; to furnish a mathematical formula by…
• v. (transitive, law) To appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully; to commit the common law tort of conversion.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, rugby football) To score extra points after (a try) by completing a conversion.
• v. (soccer) To score (a penalty).
• v. (intransitive, ten-pin bowling) To score a spare.
• v. (intransitive) To undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief (see also sense 3).
• v. (intransitive) To become converted.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to turn; to turn.
• v. (transitive, logic) To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To turn into another language; to translate.
• v. (transitive, cricket) To increase one's individual score, especially from 50 runs (a fifty) to 100 runs…

display

• n. A show or spectacle.
• n. (computing) An electronic screen that shows graphics or text.
• n. (computing) The presentation of information for visual or tactile reception.
• v. (obsolete) To spread out, to unfurl.
• v. (transitive) To show conspicuously; to exhibit; to demonstrate; to manifest.
• v. (intransitive) To make a display; to act as one making a show or demonstration.
• v. (military) To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line.
• v. (printing, dated) To make conspicuous by using large or prominent type.
• v. (obsolete) To discover; to descry.

drift

• n. (physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved.
• n. The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
• n. A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
• n. The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention;…
• n. (architecture) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
• n. (handiwork) A tool.
• n. A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles.
• n. (mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an…
• n. (nautical) Movement.
• n. (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.
• v. (intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
• v. (intransitive) To move haphazardly without any destination.
• v. (intransitive) To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.
• v. (transitive) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
• v. (transitive) To drive into heaps.
• v. (intransitive) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.
• v. (mining, US) To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence…
• v. (transitive, engineering) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
• v. To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner…

drink

• v. (transitive, intransitive) To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
• v. (intransitive) To consume alcoholic beverages.
• v. (transitive) To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.
• v. (transitive) To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To smoke, as tobacco.
• n. A beverage.
• n. A (served) alcoholic beverage.
• n. The action of drinking, especially with the verbs take or have.
• n. A type of beverage (usually mixed).
• n. Alcoholic beverages in general.
• n. (colloquial, with the) Any body of water.
• n. (uncountable, archaic) Drinks in general; something to drink.

essay

• n. A written composition of moderate length exploring a particular issue or subject.
• n. (obsolete) A test, experiment; an assay.
• n. (now rare) An attempt.
• v. (dated, transitive) To try.
• v. (intransitive) To move forth, as into battle.

examine

• v. To observe or inspect carefully or critically.
• v. To check the health or condition of something or someone.
• v. To determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination.
• v. To interrogate.

go

• v. To move.
• v. (intransitive, chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
• v. (intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
• v. (intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
• v. (intransitive) To attend.
• v. To proceed.
• v. To follow or travel along (a path).
• v. (intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
• v. (intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access to.
• v. (copula) To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.).
• v. To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
• v. (intransitive) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
• v. To come to (a certain condition or state).
• v. (intransitive) To change (from one value to another).
• v. To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
• v. (intransitive) To tend (toward a result).
• v. To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
• v. To pass, to be used up.
• v. (intransitive) To die.
• v. (intransitive) To be discarded.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To be lost or out.
• v. To break down or apart.
• v. (intransitive) To be sold.
• v. (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
• v. (transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
• v. To be authoritative, accepted, or valid.
• v. To say (something), to make a sound.
• v. To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
• v. (intransitive) To resort (to).
• v. To apply or subject oneself to.
• v. To fit (in a place, or together with something).
• v. (intransitive) To date.
• v. To attack.
• v. To be in general; to be usually.
• v. (transitive) To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
• v. (transitive) To yield or weigh.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To enjoy. (Compare go for.).
• v. (intransitive, colloquial) To urinate or defecate.
• n. (uncommon) The act of going.
• n. A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
• n. An attempt, a try.
• n. An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
• n. An act; the working or operation.
• n. (slang, dated) A circumstance or occurrence; an incident.
• n. (dated) The fashion or mode.
• n. (dated) Noisy merriment.
• n. (slang, archaic) A glass of spirits; a quantity of spirits.
• n. Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
• n. (cribbage) The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above…
• n. A period of activity.
• n. (obsolete, British slang) A dandy; a fashionable person.
• n. (board games) A strategic board game, originally from China, in which two players (black and white) attempt…

interval

• n. A distance in space.
• n. A period of time.
• n. (music) The difference (a ratio or logarithmic measure) in pitch between two notes, often referring to…
• n. (mathematics) A connected section of the real line which may be empty or have a length of zero.
• n. (chiefly Britain) An intermission.
• n. (sports) half time, a scheduled intermission between the periods of play.
• n. (cricket) Either of the two breaks, at lunch and tea, between the three sessions of a day's play.

launch

• v. (transitive) To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly; to send off, propel with force.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To pierce with, or as with, a lance.
• v. (transitive) To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat.
• v. (transitive) To send out; to start (one) on a career; to set going; to give a start to (something); to…
• v. (intransitive, often with out) To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the…
• n. The act of launching.
• n. The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on…
• n. (nautical) The boat of the largest size and/or of most importance belonging to a ship of war, and often…
• n. (nautical) A boat used to convey guests to and from a yaucht.
• n. (nautical) An open boat of any size powered by steam, naphtha, electricity, or the like. (Compare Spanish…

locomote

• v. (now chiefly biology) To move or travel (from one location to another).

move

• v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
• v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
• v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
• v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
• v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
• v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
• v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
• v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
• v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
• n. The act of moving; a movement.
• n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
• n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
• n. The event of changing one's residence.
• n. A change in strategy.
• n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
• n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…

presentation

• n. The act of presenting, or something presented.
• n. A dramatic performance.
• n. An award given to someone on a special occasion.
• n. Money given as a wedding gift.
• n. A lecture or speech given in front of an audience.
• n. (medicine) The symptoms and other possible indications of disease, trauma, etc., that are exhibited by…
• n. (medicine) The position of the foetus in the uterus at birth.
• n. (fencing) Offering one's blade for engagement by the opponent.
• n. (mathematics) The specification of a group by generators and relators.
• n. The act or right of offering a clergyman to the bishop or ordinary for institution in a benefice.

prove

• v. (transitive) To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for.
• v. (intransitive) To turn out; to manifest.
• v. (copulative) To turn out to be.
• v. (transitive) To put to the test, to make trial of.
• v. (transitive) To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify.
• v. (archaic, transitive) To experience.
• v. (printing, dated, transitive) To take a trial impression of; to take a proof of.
• v. simple past tense of proove.

smooth

• adj. Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.
• adj. Without difficulty, problems, or unexpected consequences or incidents.
• adj. Bland; glib.
• adj. Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; fluent.
• adj. (of a person) Suave; sophisticated.
• adj. (of an action) Natural; unconstrained.
• adj. (of a motion) Unbroken.
• adj. (chiefly of water) Placid, calm.
• adj. (of an edge) Lacking projections or indentations; not serrated.
• adj. (of food or drink) Not grainy; having an even texture.
• adj. (of a beverage) Having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent.
• adj. (mathematics, of a function) Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s…
• adj. (mathematics, of a number) That factors completely into small prime numbers.
• adj. (linguistics, classical studies, of a vowel) Lacking marked aspiration.
• adj. (of muscles, medicine) Involuntary and non-striated.
• adv. Smoothly.
• n. Something that is smooth, or that goes smoothly and easily.
• n. A smoothing action.
• n. A domestic animal having a smooth coat.
• n. A member of an anti-hippie fashion movement in 1970s Britain.
• n. (statistics) The analysis obtained through a smoothing procedure.
• v. To make smooth or even.
• v. To make straightforward.
• v. (statistics, image processing, digital audio) To capture important patterns in the data, while leaving…

smoothen

• v. To make smooth.
• v. To become smooth.

stock

• n. A store or supply.
• n. (finance) The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares. The total of shares held by an…
• n. The raw material from which things are made; feedstock.
• n. Stock theater, summer stock theater.
• n. The trunk and woody main stems of a tree. The base from which something grows or branches.
• n. Any of the several species of cruciferous flowers in the genus Matthiola.
• n. A handle or stem to which the working part of an implement or weapon is attached.
• n. Part of a machine that supports items or holds them in place.
• n. A bar, stick or rod.
• n. A bed for infants; a crib, cot, or cradle.
• n. (folklore) A piece of wood magically made to be just like a real baby and substituted for it by magical…
• n. (uncountable, countable) Broth made from meat (originally bones) or vegetables, used as a basis for stew…
• n. A necktie or cravat, particularly a wide necktie popular in the eighteenth century, often seen today as…
• n. A piece of black cloth worn under a clerical collar.
• n. (obsolete) A cover for the legs; a stocking.
• n. A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.
• n. (by extension, obsolete) A person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense.
• n. (Britain, historical) The part of a tally formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the…
• n. (shipbuilding, in the plural) The frame or timbers on which a ship rests during construction.
• n. (Britain, in the plural) Red and grey bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings.
• n. (biology) In tectology, an aggregate or colony of individuals, such as as trees, chains of salpae, etc.
• n. The beater of a fulling mill.
• v. To have on hand for sale.
• v. To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply.
• v. To allow (cows) to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more prior to sale.
• v. To put in the stocks as punishment.
• v. (nautical) To fit (an anchor) with a stock, or to fasten the stock firmly in place.
• v. (card games, dated) To arrange cards in a certain manner for cheating purposes; to stack the deck.
• adj. Of a type normally available for purchase/in stock.
• adj. (racing, of a race car) Having the same configuration as cars sold to the non-racing public, or having…
• adj. Straightforward, ordinary, just another, very basic.
• n. A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.

swim

• v. (intransitive, archaic) To float.
• v. (intransitive) To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural…
• v. (transitive) To traverse (a specific body of water, or a specific distance) by swimming; or, to utilize…
• v. (transitive, uncommon) To cause to swim.
• v. (intransitive) To be overflowed or drenched.
• v. (transitive) To immerse in water to make the lighter parts float.
• v. (transitive, historical) To test (a suspected witch) by throwing into a river; those who floated rather…
• v. (transitive) To undergo a giddy sensation.
• n. An act or instance of swimming.
• n. The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.
• n. (Britain) A part of a stream much frequented by fish.
• abbr. (Internet slang, text messaging) Someone who isn't me, used as a way to avoid self-designation or self-incrimination,…

test

• n. A challenge, trial.
• n. A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
• n. (academia) An examination, given often during the academic term.
• n. A session in which a product or piece of equipment is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to…
• n. (cricket, normally “Test”) A Test match.
• n. (marine biology) The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars…
• n. (botany) Testa; seed coat.
• n. (obsolete) Judgment; distinction; discrimination.
• v. To challenge.
• v. To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation.
• v. To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle…
• v. (academics) To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to (somebody).
• v. To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its…
• v. (copulative) To be shown to be by test.
• v. (chemistry) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent.
• n. (obsolete) A witness.
• v. (obsolete) To make a testament, or will.

transport

• v. To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.
• v. (historical) To deport to a penal colony.
• v. (figuratively) To move (someone) to strong emotion; to carry away.
• n. An act of transporting; conveyance.
• n. The state of being transported by emotion; rapture.
• n. A vehicle used to transport (passengers, mail, freight, troops etc.).
• n. (Canada) A tractor-trailer.
• n. The system of transporting passengers, etc. in a particular region; the vehicles used in such a system.
• n. A device that moves recording tape across the read/write heads of a tape recorder or video recorder etc.
• n. (historical) A deported convict.

travel

• v. (intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place…
• v. (intransitive) To pass from here to there; to move or transmit; to go from one place to another.
• v. (intransitive, basketball) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
• v. (transitive) To travel throughout (a place).
• v. (transitive) To force to journey.
• v. (obsolete) To labour; to travail.
• n. The act of traveling.
• n. pl A series of journeys.
• n. pl An account of one's travels.
• n. The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
• n. The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.
• n. (obsolete) Labour; parturition; travail.

try

• v. To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
• v. (obsolete) To divide; to separate.
• v. To test, to work out.
• v. To experiment, to strive.
• v. (nautical) To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
• v. To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
• v. (slang, chiefly African American Vernacular, used with another verb) To want.
• n. An attempt.
• n. An act of tasting or sampling.
• n. (rugby) A score in rugby, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
• n. (Britain, dialect, obsolete) A screen, or sieve, for grain.
• n. (American football) a field goal or extra point.
• adj. (obsolete) Fine, excellent.

value

• n. The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable.
• n. (uncountable) The degree of importance given to something.
• n. That which is valued or highly esteemed, as one's morals, morality, or belief system.
• n. The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else.
• n. (music) The relative duration of a musical note.
• n. (art) The relative darkness or lightness of a color in (a specific area of) a painting etc.
• n. Numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed.
• n. Precise meaning; import.
• n. (in the plural) The valuable ingredients to be obtained by treating a mass or compound; specifically,…
• n. (obsolete) Esteem; regard.
• n. (obsolete) valour; also spelled valew.
• v. To estimate the value of; judge the worth of something.
• v. To fix or determine the value of; assign a value to, as of jewelry or art work.
• v. To regard highly; think much of; place importance upon.
• v. To hold dear.