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

In a city filled with a slew of AI billboards, a large black flag with the group’s name billowed in the wind as workers walked in and out of the office and self-driving cars passed by. — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2026

Air quality levels remained poor across much of the Mid-Atlantic early Saturday after smoke from massive wildfires in Canada billowed into the United States and spread across much of the country. — Ben Noll, Washington Post, 18 July 2026

Video posted on social media had shown people fleeing as flames shot out the single-story building and black smoke billowed into the sky. — ABC News, 13 July 2026

Twenty minutes before showtime, the skies blackened, the tents billowed and the decorations went airborne. — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026

The wild footage from Tacoma showed a crew of firefighters forcing open the door to the electrical room before thick smoke billowed out. — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026

Video showed crowds swimming in the ocean just feet from the blaze, as smoke and flames billowed into the air. — Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 20 June 2026

Up close, the whisper white lace added a romantic, ruched effect to the dress, while the silk mousseline skirt billowed around Martin in the breeze. — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 5 June 2026

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pleaded for more help from the United States after the strikes, which left people trapped under the rubble of apartment buildings and residents scrambling to shelter underground as smoke billowed over the capital Kyiv. — Kaylah Jackson, NBC news, 2 June 2026