Synonyms of balloon

balloon

verb

1

as in to increase

to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number

the number of students who stay home sick balloons every winter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• increase
• rise
• swell
• wax
• accelerate
• expand
• climb
• boom
• mushroom
• snowball
• multiply
• mount
• roll up
• spread
• rocket
• intensify
• surge
• accumulate
• bourgeon
• jump
• enlarge
• escalate
• proliferate
• gain
• inflate
• build up
• burgeon
• appreciate
• skyrocket
• peak
• heighten
• bulk
• crest
• distend
• crescendo
• blow up
• redouble
• puff (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• decrease
• contract
• recede
• diminish
• wane
• lessen
• dwindle

• decrease
• contract
• recede
• diminish
• wane
• lessen
• dwindle

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2

as in to protrude

to extend outward beyond a usual point

the paper bag ballooned and blew away as the wind lifted it skyward

Synonyms & Similar Words

• protrude
• poke
• bulge
• belly
• pouch
• project
• swell
• beetle
• bag
• dome
• billow
• stand out
• bunch
• pooch
• overhang
• inflate
• pout
• stick out
• jut
• mushroom
• start
• dilate
• snowball
• stretch
• elongate
• extend
• distend
• lengthen
• expand
• blow up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• shrink
• contract
• compress
• constrict
• condense

• shrink
• contract
• compress
• constrict
• condense