| Main Entry: | billowy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | surging |
Synonyms: |
bouncing, bouncy, bulgy, distended, ebbing and flowing, heaving, puffy, rippled, rippling, rising, rising and falling, rolling, swelling, swirling, swollen, undulating, waving, wavy |
| Main Entry: | convex |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rounded, curving outward |
Synonyms: |
arched, bent, biconvex, bulged, bulging, bulgy, gibbous, outcurved, protuberant, raised |
| Notes: | convex (from Latin convexus 'arched, vaulted') refers to a surface that curves outward, concave (from Latin concavus 'hollow') to a surface that curves inward |
Antonyms: |
concave, depressed, sinking |
| Main Entry: | puffy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | swollen |
Synonyms: |
billowy, bloated, blown, bulgy, distended, distent, enlarged, expanded, full, increased, inflamed, inflated, puffed up |
Antonyms: |
flat, tight, unswollen |
| Main Entry: | swollen |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | enlarged |
Synonyms: |
bloated, bulgy, distended, distent, inflamed, inflated, puffed, puffy, tumescent, tumid |
Antonyms: |
compressed, contracted, shrunken |
| Main Entry: | tumescent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | swollen |
Synonyms: |
bloated, bulging, bulgy, bursting, distended, distent, enlarged, expanding, inflated, puffed, puffy, tumid |
| Main Entry: | convex |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
Related
Adjectives: |
convex, arched, bellied, biconvex, bloated, bold, bombous, bossed, bosselated, bossy, bowed, bulbiform, bulbous, bunchy, clavated, corniform, cornute, gibbous, hemispheric, hummocky, in relief, lenticular, lentiform, maniform, nodular, odontoid, papulos, papulous, projecting, prominent, protuberant, raised, salient, tuberculous, tuberous, tumorous
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