life buoy

1. 1.

   a life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material

   Synonymslifesaverlife beltlife ring

   Broaderlife preserver

   Narrowerbreeches buoy

Questions about life buoy

What does life buoy mean?

life buoy means "a life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material".

What is another word for life buoy?

Close synonyms include lifesaver, life belt, life ring. 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 life buoy a common word?

life buoy is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.