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

The sculpture depicts a female figure, her cloak billowing out in the shape of a seed around her and etched with more than 300 global symbols of peace, holding olive branches and surrounded by six children, each representing a continent. — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026

Video shows billowing clouds of smoke coming from the building. — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

Two workers were killed and several others injured after two explosions tore through an industrial recycling facility in Toledo, Ohio, early Tuesday, sparking a massive fire and sending thick, black smoke billowing over the area, officials said. — Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Russian independent online outlet Astra said an oil refinery in the city of Orsk, some 1,300 kilometers from the border with Ukraine, was hit and published images of smoke billowing over it. — ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

Skall Studio is a mainstay on the Copenhagen Fashion Week schedule, best known for its billowing cotton prairie dresses, chic linen suits, and cozy woolen sweaters. — Bella Webb, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2026

Video from the Spokane area showed buildings on fire, black smoke billowing up near neighborhoods, and the smoking ruins of homes, with only chimneys still standing. — John Hanna, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026

In some neighborhoods, videos showed black smoke billowing from neighborhoods where only brick chimneys remained later where houses once stood, according to the Associated Press. — Scott Neuman, NPR, 3 Aug. 2026

In 2016, Grande began embracing more over-the-top silhouettes, as seen here with this voluminous, billowing black tulle look from Christian Siriano. — Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 31 July 2026