Synonyms of billowing

billowing 1 of 2

adjective

as in rolling

Related Words

• rolling
• surging
• swelling
• wavy
• rippled
• undulating
• undulant
• rippling
• undulatory
• rutted
• lopsided
• rutty
• pocked
• unaligned
• knobby
• nubby
• inexact
• pitted
• unbalanced
• knobbly
• nubbly
• knurled
• knurly

Dissimilar Words

• uniform
• regular
• exact
• true
• horizontal
• vertical
• aligned
• straight
• tabular
• smooth
• flat
• even
• level
• plumb
• flush
• plane

billowing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of billow

as in protruding

to extend outward beyond a usual point

the curtains in the open windows billowed in the summer wind

Synonyms & Similar Words

• protruding
• poking
• bulging
• jutting
• bellying
• projecting
• overhanging
• swelling
• ballooning
• standing out
• beetling
• bunching
• sticking out
• pooching
• pouting
• pouching
• extending
• bagging
• starting
• stretching
• inflating
• distending
• lengthening
• dilating
• mushrooming
• expanding
• elongating
• snowballing
• doming
• blowing up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• contracting
• shrinking
• condensing
• compressing
• constricting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of billowing

Adjective

The reality star wore a billowing tie-dye gown complete with three-dimensional ruffles. — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 29 May 2026

Verb

Look at the jagged lines, the geometric shapes, the neon colour schemes, the tall collars, the billowing short sleeves. — Jack Lang, New York Times, 5 July 2026

The room, its walls expensively craquelure'd to resemble fractured eggshells, its pale taffeta curtains billowing in the chill English breeze, is more Hollywood boudoir than office. — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 5 July 2026

Wide teak decks, polished stainless-steel accents, sleek rigging and billowing white sails define the design. — Stephanie Orma, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

The lower Hudson River was, for a few hours, blanketed in billowing fabric. — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 30 June 2026

The fire, which started Sunday, is west of Tamarac, with billowing smoke visible from the Sawgrass Expressway, according to live Florida Department of Transportation traffic camera footage. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 29 June 2026

Footage taken in Yangon showed a massive array of drugs engulfed in a raging inferno, with thick black smoke billowing into the sky. — Greg Norman-Diamond, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2026

Images and videos posted to social media showed smoke billowing out over the resort entrance. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2026

The thick, noxious smoke billowing out of a Los Angeles warehouse has been a fixture of the city’s skyline for almost a week as crews race to contain a fire at a cold-storage facility holding 85 million pounds of frozen food. — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 22 June 2026