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afloat
Overview of adj afloat
The adj afloat has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) adrift, afloat, aimless, directionless, planless, rudderless, undirected -- (aimlessly drifting)
2. afloat -- (borne on the water; floating)
3. afloat, awash, flooded, inundated, overflowing -- (covered with water; "the main deck was afloat (or awash)"; "the monsoon left the whole place awash"; "a flooded bathroom"; "inundated farmlands"; "an overflowing tub")
Antonyms of adj afloat
3 senses of afloat
Sense 1
adrift(predicate), afloat(predicate), aimless, directionless, planless, rudderless, undirected
INDIRECT (VIA purposeless) -> purposeful
Sense 2
afloat(predicate)(vs. aground)(vs. sunken)
aground(predicate)(vs. sunken)(vs. afloat)
=> beached, high-and-dry(predicate)
=> shipwrecked
=> stranded
sunken (vs. afloat)(vs. aground), submerged
=> drowned
=> swamped
Sense 3
afloat(predicate), awash(predicate), flooded, inundated, overflowing
INDIRECT (VIA full) -> empty
Similarity of adj afloat
3 senses of afloat
Sense 1
adrift(predicate), afloat(predicate), aimless, directionless, planless, rudderless, undirected
=> purposeless (vs. purposeful)
Sense 2
afloat(predicate)(vs. aground)(vs. sunken)
=> adrift(predicate)
=> floating
=> waterborne
Sense 3
afloat(predicate), awash(predicate), flooded, inundated, overflowing
=> full (vs. empty)
Pertainyms of adj afloat
Attributes of adj afloat
Domain of adj afloat
Domain Terms of adj afloat
Familiarity of adj afloat
afloat used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Grep of adj afloat
afloat
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