Synonyms of balloons

balloons

verb

present tense third-person singular of balloon

1

as in increases

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

the number of students who stay home sick balloons every winter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• increases
• rises
• swells
• climbs
• mushrooms
• snowballs
• accelerates
• expands
• waxes
• booms
• mounts
• rockets
• spreads
• multiplies
• rolls up
• bourgeons
• intensifies
• accumulates
• jumps
• proliferates
• surges
• gains
• enlarges
• escalates
• burgeons
• builds up
• skyrockets
• appreciates
• inflates
• peaks
• distends
• heightens
• crests
• redoubles
• bulks
• crescendoes
• puffs (up)
• blows up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• contracts
• decreases
• diminishes
• recedes
• wanes
• lessens
• dwindles

• contracts
• decreases
• diminishes
• recedes
• wanes
• lessens
• dwindles

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2

as in protrudes

to extend outward beyond a usual point

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• protrudes
• pokes
• bulges
• pouches
• beetles
• bunches
• bellies
• projects
• billows
• bags
• stands out
• swells
• pooches
• juts
• sticks out
• domes
• overhangs
• pouts
• mushrooms
• snowballs
• inflates
• starts
• dilates
• stretches
• extends
• distends
• expands
• lengthens
• elongates
• blows up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• contracts
• shrinks
• compresses
• condenses
• constricts

• contracts
• shrinks
• compresses
• condenses
• constricts