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balloon - 14 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | balloon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inflated material or vehicle |
| Synonyms: | bladder, blimp, dirigible, airship, zeppelin |
| Main Entry: | balloon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | billow out; bloat |
| Synonyms: | belly, blow up, bulge, dilate, distend, enlarge, expand, inflate, swell, puff out |
| Main Entry: | aircraft |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | airplane |
| Synonyms: | UFO, balloon, blimp, chopper*, dirigible, flying machine, flying saucer, helicopter, jet, airliner, airship, zeppelin |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | billow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surge |
| Synonyms: | balloon, belly, bloat, bounce, bulge, heave, pitch, ripple, rock, roll, swell, toss, undulate, wave, ebb and flow, puff up, rise and fall, rise up |
| Main Entry: | bloat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blow up like a balloon |
| Synonyms: | balloon, belly, bilge, billow, dilate, distend, enlarge, expand, inflate, swell, puff up |
| Antonyms: | deflate, shrink, shrivel, tighten |
| Main Entry: | bubble |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | globule of air |
| Synonyms: | balloon, bead, blister, blob, drop, droplet, effervescence, foam, froth, lather, sac, spume, vesicle, air ball, barm |
| Main Entry: | bulge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | project outward |
| Synonyms: | bag, balloon, belly, bilge, billow, bloat, blob, dilate, distend, enlarge, expand, extrude, jut, overhang, poke, pouch, protrude, sag, stand out, stick out, swell, beetle, bug out, pop out, protuberate, puff out |
| Antonyms: | depress, cave in |
| Main Entry: | distend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bulge, swell |
| Synonyms: | amplify, augment, balloon, bloat, dilate, distort, enlarge, expand, increase, inflate, lengthen, puff, stretch, widen |
| Antonyms: | contract, deflate, fall, shrink, cave in |
| Main Entry: | globe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | Earth, sphere |
| Synonyms: | ball, balloon*, map, orb, planet, round, world, apple*, big blue marble, rondure, spheroid, terrene |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inflate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blow up, increase |
| Synonyms: | aerate, aggrandize, amplify, augment, balloon*, beef up*, bloat, boost, build up, cram*, dilate, distend, enlarge, escalate, exaggerate, exalt, expand, magnify, pad*, pyramid, raise, spread, stretch, surcharge, widen, flesh out, maximize, overestimate, puff up, pump up, swell up |
| Antonyms: | compress, contract, deflate, shrink, let air out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | swell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become larger |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, add to, aggravate, amplify, augment, balloon, belly, billow, blister, bloat, bulge, dilate, distend, enhance, enlarge, expand, extend, fatten, fill out, grow, heighten, increase, intensity, mount, plump, pouch, pout, protrude, puff, rise, surge, be inflated, become bloated, become distended, become swollen, grow larger, puff up, round out, tumefy, uprise, well up |
| Antonyms: | compress, concentrate, contract, shrink |
| Main Entry: | trial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | experimental |
| Synonyms: | balloon, pilot, preliminary, provisional, tentative, test, testing, exploratory, probationary |
| Antonyms: | definite, known, proven |
| Main Entry: | bag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | droop |
| Synonyms: | balloon, billow, bulge, flap, flop, hang, lop, sag, swell |
| Main Entry: | ball |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | globe, sphere |
| Synonyms: | balloon, drop, globule, orb, pellet, pill, round, apple, globoid, spheroid |
| Notes: | a ball is round object or a formal dance; to bawl is to cry loudly |
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