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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

breaker, whitecap

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, pooch [chiefly dialect], pouch, pout, project, protrude, stand out, start, stick out, swell

Words Related to billow

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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