weightless
Floating in space
Weightless describes the state of having no apparent weight, as experienced in orbit or freefall when gravity's pull is balanced by motion: Astronauts floated weightless through the cabin.
By extension, something weightless feels extremely light or unburdened: The silk was almost weightless in her hands.
Figuratively, a weightless mood suggests freedom from worry or heaviness: She felt weightless after quitting the job.
Float in air
- hoverRemain suspended midair
- driftGradual movement, no direction
- suspendHalt or hang temporarily
- glideMove with effortless continuity
waft · soar · airborne · aloft · buoyant · bob · rise · ascend
Extremely weak gravitational force
- zero-gravityAbsence of gravitational pull
- orbitCurved celestial path
- spacewalkVenturing outside a spacecraft
- astronautSpacecraft crew member
freefall · floating · ISS · cosmonaut · spacecraft · suborbital · spaceflight · EVA
Light and soft-textured
- airyLight and well-ventilated
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- wispyThin and insubstantial
- fluffySoft and light-textured
gossamer · downy · buoyant · nimble · filmy · diaphanous · gauzy · cobwebby
Freed from a load
- liberatedReleased from confinement
- unencumberedFree from hindrances
- carefreeFree from anxiety
- releasedSet free from confinement
unshackled · unfettered · free · relieved · emancipated · unconstrained · light-hearted · buoyant
Not made of matter
- intangibleNot physically present
- spectralGhostlike or wavelength-related
- ghostlyResembling a specter
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
immaterial · insubstantial · otherworldly · transcendent · celestial · spiritual · supernatural · ephemeral
levitate
Float in air
glide · waft · soar · airborne · aloft · buoyant · bob · rise · ascend · untethered
microgravity
Extremely weak gravitational force
- zero-gravityAbsence of gravitational pull
- orbitCurved celestial path
- spacewalkVenturing outside a spacecraft
astronaut · freefall · floating · ISS · cosmonaut · spacecraft · suborbital · spaceflight · EVA · satellite
feathery
Light and soft-textured
fluffy · gossamer · downy · buoyant · nimble · filmy · diaphanous · gauzy · cobwebby · thistledown
unburdened
Freed from a load
- liberatedReleased from confinement
- unencumberedFree from hindrances
- carefreeFree from anxiety
released · unshackled · unfettered · free · relieved · emancipated · unconstrained · light-hearted · buoyant · euphoric
incorporeal
Not made of matter
- intangibleNot physically present
- spectralGhostlike or wavelength-related
- ghostlyResembling a specter
phantom · immaterial · insubstantial · otherworldly · transcendent · celestial · spiritual · supernatural · ephemeral · unearthly
- zero gravityfloating, microgravity, freefall, free fall, spacewalk
- spacespace, sun, moon, stars, star
- gravitygravity, graviton, gravity well, gravitational pull, gravity wave
- space termsmoon, star, planet, rocket, satellite
- dance qualitiesfluidity, graceful, musicality, rhythmic, grace
- lightweightfeatherweight, flyweight, bantamweight, strawweight, ultralight
weightlessweighty
Heavy or significant
consequential · significant · momentous · heavy · grave