Meanings
present singular third person levitates · participle present levitating · participle past levitated · past levitated
- intransitiveTo be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of external forces like gravity.
The guru claimed that he could levitate.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbcause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- New Latinlevitātus
- Englishlevitate
First attested in 1673; borrowed from New Latin levitātus, perfect passive participle of levitō (“to levitate; to have one's motion directed upward, as opposed to the downward motion induced by gravity”) (first attested c. 1670), modeled on gravitō (“to gravitate”) (← Latin gravis (“heavy”)), from levis (“light”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
More words from New Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian вдигам във въздуха
- вдигам във въздуха (vdigam văv văzduha)to cause to rise in the air and float
Catalan levitar
- levitarto be suspend in the air
Czech levitovat, vznášet
- levitovatto cause to rise in the air and float
- vznášetto cause to rise in the air and float
- vznášet seto be suspend in the air
- levitovatto be suspend in the air
Esperanto levitacii
- levitaciito be suspend in the air
Finnish leijuttaa, saada levitoimaan
- leijuttaato cause to rise in the air and float
- saada levitoimaanto cause to rise in the air and float
- leijuato be suspend in the air
- levitoidato be suspend in the air
German schweben lassen, levitieren
- schweben lassento cause to rise in the air and float
- levitierento cause to rise in the air and float
- schwebento be suspend in the air
Hebrew רִחֵף
- רִחֵף (riẖéf)to be suspend in the air
Latin levationem ago
- levationem agoto cause to rise in the air and float
Polish lewitować
- lewitowaćto be suspend in the air
Portuguese levitar, levitar
- levitarto cause to rise in the air and float
- levitarto be suspend in the air
Spanish levitar
- levitarto be suspend in the air
Swedish levitera
- leviterato be suspend in the air
Thai ลอยตัว
- ลอยตัว (lɔɔi-dtuua)to be suspend in the air
Cite this entry
levitate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/levitate
“levitate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/levitate. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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