buoy up

Questions about buoy up

What does buoy up mean?

buoy up means "become more cheerful". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for buoy up?

Close synonyms include lighten, lighten up, lighten, lighten up, buoy. 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.

Is buoy up a common word?

buoy up 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.