| Main Entry: | balloon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inflated material or vehicle |
Synonyms: |
airship, bladder, blimp, dirigible, zeppelin |
| Main Entry: | balloon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | billow out; bloat |
Synonyms: |
belly, blow up, bulge, dilate, distend, enlarge, expand, inflate, puff out, swell |
| Main Entry: | aircraft |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | airplane |
Synonyms: |
UFO, airliner, airship, balloon, blimp, chopper, dirigible, flying machine, flying saucer, helicopter, jet, zeppelin |
| 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: |
apple, balloon, drop, globoid, globule, orb, pellet, pill, round, spheroid |
| Notes: | a ball is round object or a formal dance; to bawl is to cry loudly |
| Main Entry: | billow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surge |
Synonyms: |
balloon, belly, bloat, bounce, bulge, ebb and flow, heave, pitch, puff up, ripple, rise and fall, rise up, rock, roll, swell, toss, undulate, wave |
| Main Entry: | bloat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blow up like a balloon |
Synonyms: |
balloon, belly, bilge, billow, dilate, distend, enlarge, expand, inflate, puff up, swell |
Antonyms: |
deflate, shrink, shrivel, tighten |
| Main Entry: | bubble |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | globule of air |
Synonyms: |
air ball, balloon, barm, bead, blister, blob, drop, droplet, effervescence, foam, froth, lather, sac, spume, vesicle |
| Main Entry: | bulge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | project outward |
Synonyms: |
bag, balloon, beetle, belly, bilge, billow, bloat, blob, bug out, dilate, distend, enlarge, expand, extrude, jut, overhang, poke, pop out, pouch, protrude, protuberate, puff out, sag, stand out, stick out, swell |
Antonyms: |
cave in, depress |
| 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: |
cave in, contract, deflate, fall, shrink |