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| 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: | amplify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase in size or effect |
| Synonyms: | add, augment, beef up*, boost, build up, deepen, develop, elaborate, enlarge, exaggerate, expand, expatiate, extend, heighten, inflate, intensify, lengthen, magnify, pad, pyramid, raise, strengthen, stretch, supplement, swell, up, widen, flesh out, hike up, jack up, soup up |
| Antonyms: | abridge, compress, condense, contract, curtail, decrease, lessen, reduce, shorten, summarize |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | augment |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make greater; improve |
| Synonyms: | add to, aggrandize, amplify, beef up*, boost, build, build up, compound, develop, enhance, enlarge, expand, extend, grow, heighten, increase, inflate, intensify, magnify, mount, multiply, pad, progress, raise, reinforce, strengthen, sweeten, swell, piggyback, tag on |
| Notes: | augment means to add more of the same thing; supplement means to add something, usually to make up for a deficiency |
| Antonyms: | decrease, degrade |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | 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: | dilate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stretch, widen |
| Synonyms: | amplify, augment, broaden, develop, distend, enlarge, expand, expatiate, expound, extend, increase, inflate, lengthen, prolong, protract, swell, be profuse, be prolix, puff out, spin off |
| Antonyms: | compress, constrict, contract, lessen, reduce |
| 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: | enlarge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or grow bigger; increase |
| Synonyms: | add to, aggrandize, amplify, augment, beef up*, blow up*, boost, broaden, build, bulk, develop, diffuse, dilate, distend, elaborate, elongate, embroider, exaggerate, expand, expatiate, extend, grow, heighten, inflate, lengthen, magnify, mount, multiply, pad*, pyramid*, rise, spread, stretch, swell, upsurge, wax, widen, give details, grow larger, jack up, jazz up, make larger, slap on, snowball |
| Antonyms: | abridge, compress, condense, curtail, decrease, diminish, lessen, lower, reduce, shrink |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exaggerate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | overstate, embellish |
| Synonyms: | amplify, boast, boost, brag, build up, caricature, color, cook up*, corrupt, distort, embroider, emphasize, enlarge, exalt, expand, fabricate, falsify, fudge*, heighten, hike, inflate, intensify, lie, magnify, misrepresent, overdo, pad*, puff, put on, pyramid*, romance, scam, stretch, up*, blow out of proportion, go to extremes, hyperbolize, lay it on thick, loud talk, make too much of, misquote, misreport, overdraw, overemphasize, overestimate, pretty up, romanticize |
| Antonyms: | depreciate, minimize, play down, reduce, understate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | increase |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | add or grow |
| Synonyms: | advance, aggrandize, aggravate, amplify, annex, augment, boost, broaden, build, build up, deepen, develop, dilate, distend, double, enhance, enlarge, escalate, exaggerate, expand, extend, further, heighten, inflate, intensify, lengthen, magnify, mount, multiply, pad*, progress, proliferate, prolong, protract, raise, redouble, reinforce, rise, sharpen, spread, step up, strengthen, supplement, swarm, swell, teem, thicken, triple, wax, widen, mark up, pullulate, slap on, snowball, tack on |
| Antonyms: | decrease, deplete, diminish, lose, subtract |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | overstate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exaggerate |
| Synonyms: | amplify, boast, boost, brag, build up, embellish, embroider, emphasize, enlarge, exalt, expand, fabricate, fudge*, heighten, hike, inflate, lie, magnify, misrepresent, overdo, pad*, play up, puff, blow out of proportion, lay it on thick, misquote, misreport, overemphasize, overestimate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stiffen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become harder |
| Synonyms: | anneal, benumb, brace, cake, candy, cement, chill, clot, coagulate, condense, congeal, crystallize, curdle, firm, fix, freeze, harden, inflate, jell, jelly, ossify, petrify, precipitate, prop, reinforce, set, solidify, stabilize, starch, steady, strengthen, tense, thicken, gel, inspissate, tauten |
| Antonyms: | liquefy, loosen, melt |
| Main Entry: | stretch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extend, elongate |
| Synonyms: | amplify, bridge, cover, develop, distend, drag out, draw, draw out, expand, fill, go, grow, inflate, lengthen, magnify, make, open, overlap, pad, prolong, protract, pull, pull out, pyramid, rack, range, reach, recline, repose, run, span, spread, strain, swell, tighten, unfold, unroll, widen, branch out, burst forth, crane, lie out, make taut, make tense, prolongate, shoot up, spin out, spread out, spring up, string out, tauten |
| Antonyms: | compress, concentrate |
| Main Entry: | blow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blast, rush of air, wind |
| Synonyms: | breathe, buffet, drive, exhale, fan, flap, flow, flutter, gasp, heave, huff, inflate, pant, puff, pump, ruffle, rush, stream, swell, swirl, waft, wave, whiff, whirl, whisk, whisper, whistle |
| Main Entry: | blow up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inflate |
| Synonyms: | billow, bloat, distend, enlarge, expand, fill, inflate, swell, puff up, pump up |
| Antonyms: | deflate, shrink, shrivel, let out |
| Main Entry: | expand |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extend, augment |
| Synonyms: | aggrandize, amplify, beef up*, bloat, blow up*, bolster, broaden, burgeon, detail, develop, diffuse, dilate, distend, elaborate, embellish, enlarge, explicate, fatten, fill out, grow, heighten, hike, increase, inflate, lengthen, magnify, mount, multiply, mushroom, open, pad, prolong, protract, pyramid*, spread, stretch, swell, thicken, unfold, unfurl, unravel, unroll, upsurge, wax*, widen, bulk up, fan out*, open out, outspread, piggyback, puff up, slap on, soup up, spread out, stretch out, tack on |
| Antonyms: | abbreviate, contract, lessen, lower, shorten, shrink |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | to put in and occupy the whole of |
| Synonyms: | block, blow up, charge, choke, clog, close, cram, crowd, distend, fulfill, furnish, glut, gorge, heap, impregnate, inflate, load, meet, overflow, pack, permeate, pervade, plug, ram, replenish, sate, satiate, satisfy, saturate, shoal, stock, stopper*, store, stretch, stuff, supply, swell, take up, top, brim over, bulge out, congest, jam-pack, lade, overspread, pack like sardines, puff up, pump up, ram in, top off* |
| Antonyms: | deplete, drain, empty, exhaust, spend, take, use, void |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | magnify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enlarge, intensify |
| Synonyms: | aggrandize, aggravate, amplify, augment, bless, blow up, boost, build up, deepen, dignify, dilate, distend, enhance, ennoble, eulogize, exalt, expand, extend, glorify, heighten, hike, increase, inflate, mount, multiply, pad, pyramid, redouble, rise, rouse, step up, sweeten, swell, hike up, intensate, jack up, jump up, run up |
| Antonyms: | decrease, diminish, lessen, weaken, miniaturize |
| Main Entry: | puff |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inhale or exhale air |
| Synonyms: | blow, breathe, distend, drag, draw, enlarge, fill, gasp, gulp, heave, huff, inflate, pant, smoke, suck, swell, wheeze, whiff, huff and puff, pull at, pull on |
| Main Entry: | pump |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | draw or push out |
| Synonyms: | bail out, blow up, dilate, distend, draft, drain, draw, drive, elevate, empty, force, inflate, inject, pour, push, send, siphon, supply, swell, tap, draw off, drive out, force out |
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