floater

Meaning

1. A person who floats.
2. (slang) A person who floats.
3. (figuratively) A person who floats.
4. (figuratively) A person who floats.
5. (figuratively) A person who floats.
6. (figuratively) A person who floats.
7. (figuratively, slang) A person who floats.
8. (figuratively) A person who floats.
9. (US, figuratively) A person who floats.
10. (US, figuratively) A person who floats.
11. (figuratively) A person who floats.
12. A thing which floats.
13. A thing which floats.
14. (vulgar) A thing which floats.
15. A thing which floats.
16. A thing which floats.
17. (Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) A thing which floats.
18. (India) A thing which floats.
19. (dated, figuratively, slang) A thing which floats.
20. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, figuratively) A thing which floats.
21. (figuratively) A thing which floats.
22. (figuratively, slang) A thing which floats.
23. (figuratively) A thing which floats.
24. (figuratively) A thing which floats.
25. (figuratively) A thing which floats.
26. (US, figuratively) A thing which floats.

Synonyms

job-hopper

floating policy

drifter

spots

float

floating-rate note

musca volitans

muscae volitantes

floating-rate bond

vagabond

vagrant

plasterer’s tools

floating-rate notes

float rod

floating camel

float block

floating pontoon

buoyancy pontoon

floating material

buoy

floating debris

mistake

originator

raft

roamer

scow

stroller

wafter

drift bottle

floating matter

float bowl

Translations

vagabondo

fondatore

lavoratore itinerante

flotteur

persona che galleggia

flotador

pampallugues

pòlissa oberta

vagabund

επιπλέων

Mouches volantes

gaffe

vagabond

erratique

pòlissa flotant

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfləʊtə/

Etymology

From float + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).