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billow

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of billow

a moving ridge on the surface of water
  • The great billows created by the ocean storm threatened to swamp the fishing boat.
Synonyms of billow

surge, swell, wave
Words Related to billow

sea(s)

surf

breaker, whitecap

comber, curl

riffle, ripple, wavelet

ground swell, roller

tidal wave, tsunami

billow

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of billow

to extend outward beyond a usual point
  • The curtains in the open windows billowed in the summer wind.
Synonyms of billow

bag, balloon, beetle, belly, bulge, bunch, jut, overhang, poke, pouch, pout, project, protrude, stand out, start, stick out, swell
Words Related to billow

dome

blow up, inflate

dilate, distend, expand

mushroom, snowball

elongate, extend, lengthen, stretch
Near Antonyms of billow

compress, condense, constrict, contract, shrink

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