Synonyms of ballooning

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adjective

as in dilating

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deflated
• collapsed
• detumescent

ballooning

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noun

as in soaring

Synonyms & Similar Words

• soaring
• gliding
• skydiving
• aeronautics
• paragliding
• aviation
• hang gliding
• flight
• flying

ballooning

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verb

present participle of balloon

1

as in increasing

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

the number of students who stay home sick balloons every winter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• increasing
• rising
• swelling
• accelerating
• expanding
• climbing
• mushrooming
• multiplying
• waxing
• intensifying
• mounting
• escalating
• accumulating
• snowballing
• proliferating
• burgeoning
• booming
• spreading
• enlarging
• surging
• bourgeoning
• gaining
• rolling up
• jumping
• skyrocketing
• appreciating
• heightening
• rocketing
• building up
• inflating
• distending
• peaking
• redoubling
• puffing (up)
• cresting
• bulking
• crescendoing
• blowing up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• decreasing
• diminishing
• contracting
• lessening
• receding
• dwindling
• waning

2

as in protruding

to extend outward beyond a usual point

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• protruding
• poking
• bulging
• swelling
• billowing
• jutting
• projecting
• bellying
• overhanging
• standing out
• pouching
• sticking out
• bunching
• beetling
• pooching
• pouting
• starting
• inflating
• bagging
• extending
• mushrooming
• stretching
• lengthening
• distending
• expanding
• dilating
• snowballing
• doming
• elongating
• blowing up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• contracting
• shrinking
• compressing
• condensing
• constricting