Float
Float verb - To rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air.
Post
Post verb - To affix (as a notice) to or on a suitable place.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Since the observer wasn't doing any shooting, he had to grin and bear it — until nightfall, when he launched a phosphorus illumination shell which just happened to float down into the observation post.
Source: Exact Words / Real Life -
Null post-humously launches a doomsday device that deploys a cloud of small nanotechnology crystals that float around and focus beams of indiscriminate destruction from the sun's rays to destroy major cities.
Source: Solar-Powered Magnifying Glass - A post-climatic example occurs in Sabriel: After having been mortally wounded by Kerrigor, Sabriel willingly lets herself float down the river of death — but the spirits of Abhorsens past send her back to Life, urging her to carry on.
Source: Not Too Dead to Save the Day
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Post and Float. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/float/post
Float & Post. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/float/post>.
Post or Float. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/float/post.
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