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floaters

float·er
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [floh-ter]
    • /ˈfloʊ tər/
    • /ˈfləʊ.tə(r)z/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [floh-ter]
    • /ˈfloʊ tər/

Definitions of floaters word

  • noun floaters a person or thing that floats. 1
  • noun floaters Informal. a person who is continually changing his or her place of abode, employment, etc. 1
  • noun floaters an employee without a fixed job assignment: One of our officers works as a floater, filling in when someone is out. 1
  • noun floaters U.S. Politics. a voter not attached to any party, especially a person whose vote may be purchased. 1
  • noun floaters a person who fraudulently votes, usually for pay, in different places in the same election. 1
  • noun floaters 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 floaters

First appearance:

before 1710
One of the 50% oldest English words
First recorded in 1710-20; float + -er1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Floaters

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

floaters 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".

floaters usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for floaters

noun floaters

  • 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.

adjective floaters

  • floats — to rest or remain on the surface of a liquid; be buoyant: The hollow ball floated.
  • ideals — a conception of something in its perfection.

Antonyms for floaters

noun floaters

  • 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.

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