HOVERED Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

hovered

verb

past tense of hover

as in floated

to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air claimed that the UFO hovered a moment, then spun off into space at incredible speed

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Recent Examples of hovered However, the unheated pool in Staten Island instead felt bone-chilling in the early May temperatures, which hovered at a low 60 degrees Fahrenheit. — Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026 The cost of Brent crude, the international standard, has hovered around $99 on Wednesday. — Frank Andrews, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 As stocks fell, oil prices flipped between gains and losses but largely hovered around their highly elevated levels. — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2026 In fact, total non-pensioner benefits have hovered between 4% and 5% for more than 40 years. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 4 Oct. 2026 Jordan Addison has hovered just below the 1,000-yard mark for two of his previous three seasons. — Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2026 Support for capital punishment has, in the past twenty-five years, hovered at around half the population. — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2026 Current government figures estimate that prisons, which hovered somewhere between 97% and 98% capacity last month, will fill up by November without urgent action. — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026 The former traded around the levels not seen since 2007, while the latter hovered near 2004 highs. — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hovered

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Zacharia was not as well known to the press corps compared to other candidates whose names were floated for press secretary following the departure of Karoline Leavitt in August.

— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
Brandon Jones floated to his right, then realized what was happening a quarter of a football field away.

— Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of floated

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Needing 11 yards on fourth down to continue their drive and cut into a 23-7 Packers lead, Prescott narrowly avoided a sack before lofting a pass that sailed out the back of the end zone, not close to any particular Cowboys receiver.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026
Yet Lord Archer of Weston-super-Mare – senior Tory politician, former athlete, bestselling novelist and bon viveur – simply sailed on.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of sailed

Verb

In a statement to CBS Colorado, the FAA said that a safety risk assessment identified incidents in which aircraft drifted toward other planes departing at the same time on parallel runways.

— Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
The smoke has drifted as far as the Philippines, more than 800 kilometers (500 miles) away.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of drifted

Verb

The pinkish squid glided two miles beneath the surface, its long, pale legs trailing from undulating fins, stunning scientists who know remarkably little about its diet, behavior or reproduction.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Merino glided away from challenges to keep Arsenal in control.

— Thom Harris, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026