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- [floh-ter]
- /ˈfloʊ tər/
- /ˈfləʊtər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [floh-ter]
- /ˈfloʊ tər/
Definitions of floater word
- noun floater a person or thing that floats. 1
- noun floater Informal. a person who is continually changing his or her place of abode, employment, etc. 1
- noun floater an employee without a fixed job assignment: One of our officers works as a floater, filling in when someone is out. 1
- noun floater U.S. Politics. a voter not attached to any party, especially a person whose vote may be purchased. 1
- noun floater a person who fraudulently votes, usually for pay, in different places in the same election. 1
- noun floater a speck or string that appears to be drifting across the eye just outside the line of vision, caused by cells or cell fragments in the vitreous humor registering on the retina; musca volitans. 1
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Origin of floater
First appearance:
before 1710 One of the 50% oldest English words
First recorded in 1710-20; float + -er1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Floater
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
floater popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 71% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
floater usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for floater
noun floater
- increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- hike — to walk or march a great distance, especially through rural areas, for pleasure, exercise, military training, or the like.
- rise — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
- stake — something that is wagered in a game, race, or contest.
- loan — a country lane; secondary road.
adj floater
- hallucinatory — pertaining to or characterized by hallucination: hallucinatory visions.
- whimsical — given to whimsy or fanciful notions; capricious: a pixyish, whimsical fellow.
- unreal — not real or actual.
- misleading — deceptive; tending to mislead.
- apparent — An apparent situation, quality, or feeling seems to exist, although you cannot be certain that it does exist.
Antonyms for floater
noun floater
- decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
- hesitation — the act of hesitating; a delay due to uncertainty of mind or fear: His hesitation cost him the championship.
- recession — a return of ownership to a former possessor.
- withdrawal — Also, withdrawment. the act or condition of withdrawing.
adj floater
- real — true; not merely ostensible, nominal, or apparent: the real reason for an act.
- honest — honorable in principles, intentions, and actions; upright and fair: an honest person.
- truthful — telling the truth, especially habitually: a truthful person.
- genuine — possessing the claimed or attributed character, quality, or origin; not counterfeit; authentic; real: genuine sympathy; a genuine antique.
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