afloat

Other forms of afloat

comparative

afloater·

superlative

afloatest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about afloat

What does afloat mean?

afloat means "aimlessly drifting". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in afloat?

afloat has 2 syllables: a-float. The stress falls on "float". In IPA it is /əˈfloʊt/.

What is another word for afloat?

Close synonyms include adrift, aimless, directionless, planless, rudderless. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of afloat?

The recorded antonyms are aground.

Is afloat a common word?

afloat is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with afloat?

1 word rhymes with afloat. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.