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

Still, optimists seem to be ruling the market, said Hendricks, so AI companies’ valuations are likely to keep inflating to unprecedented levels. — Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

The whistleblowers, two former executives at the school, filed a false claims suit in 2024, alleging a scheme in which the school paid outside vendors to hire its own students, inflating its job placement figures. — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 26 Oct. 2026

The process, called cured-in-place pipe lining, involves inserting a flexible liner into the old pipe, inflating it and hardening it in place. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026

However, trading executives point out that transaction taxes and stamp duties are included in top-line revenue, artificially inflating Asia prime totals. — Hugh Son, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026

Marx wants to slash red tape on home building and roll back cost-inflating mandates. — Jeff Gurney, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

Buck may have kept inflating the judges’ total scores, but the buck stopped at podcaster Connor Wood. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Oct. 2026

That promise, however, is exactly what is inflating the bubble. — Ruchir Sharma, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026

He could be seen wearing a Whole Foods bag with eyeholes on his head, or inflating Minion holiday decorations to block the cars’ path. — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026