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buoyant
as in: buoyant force or market

Swimmers are more buoyant in salt water than in fresh water.

tending to float or rise; or making other things float

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buoyant buoyancy buoyantly buoyance

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Swimmers are more buoyant in salt water than in fresh water.
buoyant balloons
The water was warm and buoyant, and I came up like a cork, as I knew I should.
E. W. Hornung -- Dead Men Tell No Tales
In fact, the buoyancy of the life jackets was such that they...
Yann Martel -- Life of Pi

buoyant balsawood boats

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Associated words [difficulty]: buoyant [3]
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