Synonyms of billowed

billowed

verb

past tense of billow

as in protruded

to extend outward beyond a usual point

the curtains in the open windows billowed in the summer wind

Synonyms & Similar Words

• protruded
• poked
• bulged
• jutted
• swelled
• ballooned
• bunched
• projected
• overhung
• pouched
• bellied
• stood out
• beetled
• pouted
• started
• stuck out
• pooched
• extended
• stretched
• bagged
• mushroomed
• lengthened
• distended
• inflated
• dilated
• domed
• expanded
• snowballed
• elongated
• blew up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• contracted
• compressed
• condensed
• shrank
• constricted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of billowed

Heavy smoke and flames billowed on the city’s West Side Friday afternoon as fire crews battled a rubbish fire in a metal salvaging yard. — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026

Siby turned on the television and watched, horrified, as smoke billowed from the Twin Towers. — Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026

On screen, black smoke billowed from one of the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center in New York City. — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026

Flames and thick black smoke billowed from a manufacturing facility in Mississippi on Monday as a massive chemical fire forced employees to evacuate and drew fire crews from across the county, according to local reports. — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Flight data suggested the lead jet cleared the stadium by just over 40 feet as pink pyrotechnic dust billowed, pushing South Africa’s long tradition of rugby flybys into dramatic territory. — Michelle Gumede, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026

In July, when smoke billowed across the southern Colorado sky and flames scorched 102,000 acres, Amy Milne watched and waited. — Libby Smith, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026

Flags representing countries all over the world billowed over 22 tables at the free-to-attend market, plus a produce stand and bar, as customers made their way across the river. — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2026

As her words came out, smoke billowed from her body, filling her clothes, lapping out around her feet in rings. — Gabriel Winslow-Yost, New Yorker, 30 July 2026