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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
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
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
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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