Synonyms of ballooned

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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

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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

Our top line grew exponentially, but our cost to support and maintain that customer also ballooned. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

The city’s population has ballooned by 30% over the last five years to more than 30,000 residents, and city officials aren’t expecting that growth to slow down. — Noah Daly, Idaho Statesman, 8 July 2026

Those petitions ballooned after the administration began limiting the ability of many immigrants to seek release through bond hearings in immigration court. — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026

Adventure bikes have ballooned into 600-pound continent crushers. — New Atlas, 6 July 2026

Stephanopoulos pressed Burgum on why the cost of the no-bid contract has ballooned from $2 million to more than $15 million, while the pool still isn’t fixed. — Drew Pittock, USA Today, 5 July 2026

However, electrification has quietly ballooned into a juggernaut with a $42 billion backlog, up from just $9 billion at the end of 2022. — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 2 July 2026

New York spending on these adult daycares ballooned in recent years, with the bill to taxpayers nearly quadrupling from 2018 to 2024. — Laura Geller, CBS News, 1 July 2026

Anti-immigrant sentiment has ballooned as protest groups without evidence blame migrants for the country’s economic woes. — Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 28 June 2026