buoyant
pronunciation
How to pronounce buoyant in British English:
UK [ˈbɔɪənt]
How to pronounce buoyant in American English:
US [ˈbɔɪənt]
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- Adjective:
- tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas
- characterized by liveliness and light-heartedness
Word Origin
- buoyant (adj.)
- 1570s, perhaps from Spanish boyante, present participle of boyar "to float," from boya "buoy," from Dutch boei (see buoy (n.)). Of personalities, etc., from c. 1748. Related: Buoyantly.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Given last year 's buoyant figures , surely india can relax ?
- 2. Markets have been buoyant since the european central bank announced a long-awaited open-ended bond-purchase programme designed to ease the borrowing costs of ailing euro economies .
- 3. Investment banks are celebrating their most lucrative start to the year yet in the asia-pacific region with buoyant takeover activity and equity issuance pushing up revenues .
- 4. In brazil , government data this week showed that retail sales shrank in august after months of buoyant growth .
- 5. Mr nicolaou pointed to sri lanka 's buoyant economic growth this year in spite of the war and global downturn .