Synonyms for float

a drink with ice cream floating in it (noun)

a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco (noun)

an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy (noun)

be in motion due to some air or water current (verb)

• drift
• blow

be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom (verb)

• swim