Definition of floater

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  • floater is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 10
  • floater is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 10
  • floater is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 11

Definition of floater

  • an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. floating policy
  • a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. clochard
    2. drifter
    3. vagabond
    4. vagrant
  • spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens (noun)

    Examples

    1. floaters seem to drift through the field of vision

    Synonyms

    1. musca volitans
    2. muscae volitantes
    3. spots
  • a debt instrument with a variable interest rate tied to some other interest rate (e.g. the rate paid by T-bills) (noun)
  • an employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed (noun)
  • an object that floats or is capable of floating (noun)
  • a swimmer who floats in the water (noun)
  • a voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same election (noun)

See definition of floater in Merriam Webster