nonbuoyant
Destined to sink
Nonbuoyant describes something that lacks the ability to float in water or other fluids.
A nonbuoyant object sinks because its density exceeds that of the surrounding medium, or because it lacks air pockets or other features that would keep it afloat.
The term appears in technical contexts involving materials, marine equipment, or safety gear: The nonbuoyant cargo posed a recovery challenge after the shipwreck.
Rapid downward descent
- descendMove to lower position
- founderOne who begins something
- submergePlunge beneath liquid
- immersePlunge into liquid entirely
engulf · submersion · plunge · capsize · dip · settle · drop · fall
Tightly packed together
- solidFirm matter state
- concentratedGathered or intensified
- thickHaving great depth
- incompressibleCannot be made smaller
hard · rigid · impermeable · heavy · leaden · iron · lead · anchor
Measure of heaviness
- massQuantity of matter
- downwardToward a lower position
- forceStrength or compulsion
- pullForce toward oneself
attraction · heaviness · gravitational · acceleration · freefall · density · displacement · Archimedes
plummet
Rapid downward descent
immerse · engulf · submersion · plunge · capsize · dip · settle · drop · fall · sink
compact
Tightly packed together
- solidFirm matter state
- concentratedGathered or intensified
- thickHaving great depth
incompressible · hard · rigid · impermeable · heavy · leaden · iron · lead · anchor · ballast
weight
Measure of heaviness
pull · attraction · heaviness · gravitational · acceleration · freefall · density · displacement · Archimedes · hydrometer
saturated
Thoroughly soaked through
swamped · sodden · logged · absorbent · permeable · porous · flooded · inundated · sopping · wet
nonbuoyantbuoyant
Able to float
upbeat · lighthearted · cheerful · effervescent · ebullient
buoyant, buoyancy, buoys, buoyantly, buoyancies, unbuoyed, buoyance