Dictionary
Thesaurus
Encyclopedia
Translator
Web

inflated

 - 10 of 71 thesaurus results
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, flesh out, magnify, maximize, overestimate, pad, puff up, pump up, pyramid, raise, spread, stretch, surcharge, swell up, widen

Antonyms:

compress, contract, deflate, let air out, shrink
Main Entry: inflated
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: exaggerated

Synonyms:

aggrandized, amplified, augmented, aureate, bloated, bombastic, diffuse, dilated, distended, dropsical, enlarged, euphuistic, extended, filled, flatulent, flowery, fustian, grandiloquent, grown, magnified, magniloquent, ostentatious, overblown, overestimated, pompous, pretentious, prolix, puffed, pumped up, ranting, rhapsodical, rhetorical, showy, spread, stretched, surcharged, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgid, verbose, windy, wordy

Antonyms:

deflated, shrunken
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, flesh out, heighten, hike up, inflate, intensify, jack up, lengthen, magnify, pad, pyramid, raise, soup up, strengthen, stretch, supplement, swell, up, widen

Antonyms:

abridge, compress, condense, contract, curtail, decrease, lessen, reduce, shorten, summarize
Main Entry: appreciate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: increase in worth

Synonyms:

enhance, gain, grow, improve, inflate, raise the value of, rise
Notes: the use of 'appreciate' should involve valuing something or understanding it sympathetically, and when there is no value or sympathy, use 'recognize' or 'understand'; appreciate first meant 'set at a price; appraised'

Antonyms:

decrease, depreciate, lose value
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, piggyback, progress, raise, reinforce, strengthen, sweeten, swell, tag on

Antonyms:

decrease, degrade
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: big
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: arrogant

Synonyms:

arty, boastful, bragging, conceited, flamboyant, haughty, high-sounding, imperious, imposing, inflated, overblown, pompous, presumptuous, pretentious, proud

Antonyms:

humble, shy, unconfident
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: 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, puff up, pump up, swell

Antonyms:

deflate, let out, shrink, shrivel
More ResultsPREVIOUS|1234|NEXT
Search another word or see inflated on Dictionary
FacebookTwitterFollow us: