above-water
Still financially solvent
Above-water describes something that remains at or above the surface rather than submerged.
The term appears most often in financial contexts, where it means solvent or not in debt: We're barely keeping the business above water.
A mortgage is above-water when the property is worth more than what's owed on it.
The opposite is underwater.
Staying atop liquid
- afloatSupported by water
- surfaceOutermost boundary layer
- bobbingRhythmic vertical movement
- buoyantAble to float
treading · emerged · surfaced · risen · lifted · suspended · drifting · skimming
Capable of succeeding
- profitableProducing financial benefit
- sustainableAble to endure long-term
- afloatSupported by water
- survivingRemaining alive or intact
stable · thriving · solvent · liquid · operational · debt-free · recovering · salvageable
Coming to the surface
- gaspingBreathing in sharp gulps
- inhalingDrawing air inward
- snorkelingSurface swimming with breathing tube
- breachingBreaking through something
treading · resurfacing · emerging · breaststroke · doggy-paddle · freestyle · lifeguard · drowning
floating
Staying atop liquid
buoyant · treading · emerged · surfaced · risen · lifted · suspended · drifting · skimming · cresting
viable
Capable of succeeding
- profitableProducing financial benefit
- sustainableAble to endure long-term
- afloatSupported by water
surviving · stable · thriving · solvent · liquid · operational · debt-free · recovering · salvageable · creditworthy
surfacing
Coming to the surface
- gaspingBreathing in sharp gulps
- inhalingDrawing air inward
- snorkelingSurface swimming with breathing tube
breaching · treading · resurfacing · emerging · breaststroke · doggy-paddle · freestyle · lifeguard · drowning · rescue
exposed
Out in open
emerged · protruding · jutting · breaching · cresting · peeking · iceberg · dorsal · blowhole · periscope
above-waterunderwater
Below the surface
submerged · beneath the surface · subaquatic · sunken · immersed
above-waterunderwater
Below the surface
insolvent · in the red · in debt · upside-down · bankrupt
above-waterdrowning
Death by water inhalation
sinking · going under · overwhelmed · struggling · failing
above, water, watery, waters, watered, watering, waterless, underwater, waterproof