Synonyms of ballooned

ballooned 1 of 2

adjective

as in expanded

Related Words

• expanded
• swollen
• blown
• distended
• blown up
• puffed
• turgid
• bloated
• dilated
• varicose
• overinflated
• tumescent
• ballooning
• protuberant
• tumid
• bulging
• ventricose
• dilating
• turgescent

Dissimilar Words

• collapsed
• deflated
• detumescent

ballooned

2 of 2

verb

past tense of balloon

1

as in increased

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

the number of students who stay home sick balloons every winter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• increased
• swelled
• rose
• accelerated
• expanded
• climbed
• multiplied
• mushroomed
• intensified
• waxed
• proliferated
• accumulated
• boomed
• escalated
• surged
• enlarged
• mounted
• snowballed
• spread
• rolled up
• gained
• burgeoned
• jumped
• skyrocketed
• appreciated
• built up
• rocketed
• inflated
• heightened
• peaked
• distended
• redoubled
• crested
• puffed (up)
• bulked
• crescendoed
• blew up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• decreased
• diminished
• contracted
• lessened
• dwindled
• receded
• waned

2

as in protruded

to extend outward beyond a usual point

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• protruded
• poked
• bulged
• swelled
• projected
• billowed
• jutted
• pouched
• stood out
• bunched
• started
• bellied
• overhung
• pouted
• stuck out
• pooched
• beetled
• extended
• inflated
• bagged
• stretched
• mushroomed
• lengthened
• distended
• expanded
• snowballed
• dilated
• elongated
• domed
• blew up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• contracted
• compressed
• condensed
• shrank
• constricted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ballooned

Verb

Faced with more predators, prey and competition, their nervous systems rapidly ballooned to meet the new demands. — Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 29 July 2026

The policy’s cost to the state has ballooned into the billions as the industry grows and evolves, prompting some state officials to call for an end to the tax break. — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 July 2026

And that uncertainty has ballooned into a crisis of its own, which has only intensified after a rapid series of announcements from the Food and Drug Administration. — Allie Canal, NBC news, 24 July 2026

Property values increased by 60% in Miami-Dade in the half decade since 2019, and property taxes ballooned by almost 50% over the same period, according to real estate analytics firm Cotality. — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026

The price tag has since ballooned to over $14 million, and more than two weeks after Independence Day, the pool is empty and fenced off from the public. — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 22 July 2026

But over the next 18 months, Poolside largely disappeared from view, while OpenAI and Anthropic ballooned to nearly trillion-dollar valuations with a crop of Chinese labs building open source models nipping at their heels. — Iain Martin, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

More than 1 in 17 new California home loans are being written using the state’s insurer of last resort — the California FAIR Plan, which has ballooned in growth in recent years. — Paris Barraza, USA Today, 21 July 2026

The tournament’s duration, though, had ballooned to 39 days, a decision that has been routinely criticised by players’ unions. — Colin Millar, New York Times, 21 July 2026