Synonyms of inflating

inflating

verb

present participle of inflate

1

as in increasing

to make greater in size, amount, or number

Check that you have inflated your tires to the recommended pressure.

Some sellers were inflating their prices by as much as 500 per cent.

Related Words

• increasing
• raising
• expanding
• lifting
• augmenting
• distending
• dilating
• enlarging
• accelerating
• amplifying
• escalating
• multiplying
• stoking
• aerating
• swelling
• extending
• upping
• boosting
• compounding
• adding (to)
• hyping
• skyrocketing
• aggrandizing
• spiking
• prolonging
• stretching
• jumping
• lengthening
• hiking
• elongating
• booming
• blowing up
• heightening
• enhancing
• intensifying
• reinforcing
• supplementing
• supersizing
• pumping up
• building up
• developing
• magnifying
• jacking (up)
• complementing
• protracting
• bumping (up)
• maximizing
• drawing out
• strengthening
• accumulating
• ratcheting (up)
• amassing
• fleshing (out)
• collecting
• racheting (up)
• beefing (up)
• parlaying
• following up

Dissimilar Words

• compressing
• reducing
• contracting
• condensing
• decreasing
• constricting
• diminishing
• lowering
• lessening
• dwindling
• downsizing
• curtailing
• subtracting (from)
• shortening
• abating
• abbreviating
• abridging
• minifying
• de-escalating
• retrenching
• cutting back

2

as in accelerating

to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number

Airbags are designed to inflate automatically on impact.

Related Words

• accelerating
• expanding
• rising
• increasing
• swelling
• ballooning
• distending
• jumping
• mounting
• accumulating
• climbing
• proliferating
• escalating
• spreading
• enlarging
• multiplying
• mushrooming
• snowballing
• surging
• booming
• bulking
• puffing (up)
• intensifying
• skyrocketing
• burgeoning
• rocketing
• rolling up
• appreciating
• waxing
• blowing up
• gaining
• heightening
• building up
• peaking
• redoubling
• cresting
• crescendoing

Dissimilar Words

• decreasing
• diminishing
• contracting
• lessening
• dwindling
• receding
• waning
• shrinking
• compressing
• condensing
• constricting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of inflating

But the company’s meteoric rise ground to a halt after a former Outcome analyst contacted the Wall Street Journal with allegations that the company was misleading pharmaceutical companies and inflating data. — Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026

One engineer admitted to inflating usage after a performance review dinged them for not using AI enough. — Vinay Kuruvila, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

But he has been accused of inflating his role in some projects and demonstrating a self-confidence that borders on cockiness. — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026

From inflating power costs for consumers to requiring mass amounts of water for cooling, data centers are frequently putting surrounding communities under significant strain. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026

Malloy used reports, contract negotiations and a cross-state promotional tour to force a new fiscal culture and end the longstanding practice of inflating pension costs while pushing them onto future generations. — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026

Wazne, one of Berri Brothers’ owners, said using low prices to keep a constant flow of cost-conscious customers helps his business by inflating footfall to the stands’ convenience stores. — Lily Wright, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026

Several models would then follow for both basketball and tennis, and Pump’s most famous moment would through Dee Brown inflating his sneakers before winning 1991 NBA Dunk Contest. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 28 July 2026

The world’s two largest economies are inflating their balance sheets through fundamentally different, equally precarious mechanisms. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 July 2026