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Synonyms and Antonyms of inflating
- Check that you have inflated your tires to the recommended pressure.
- Some sellers were inflating their prices by as much as 500 per cent.
blowing up, dilating, distending
accelerating, adding (to), aggrandizing, amplifying, augmenting, boosting, building up, compounding, enlarging, escalating, expanding, extending, hyping, increasing, multiplying, pumping up, raising, stoking, supersizing, swelling, upping
hiking, jacking (up), lifting, raising, upping
booming, jumping, skyrocketing, spiking
bumping (up), ratcheting (up) also racheting (up)
drawing out, elongating, fleshing (out), lengthening, prolonging, protracting, stretching
developing, enhancing, heightening, intensifying, magnifying
beefing (up), reinforcing (also reenforcing), strengthening
- Airbags are designed to inflate automatically on impact.
blowing up, bulking, distending, puffing (up)
accelerating, accumulating, appreciating, ballooning, booming, building up, burgeoning (also bourgeoning), climbing, enlarging, escalating, expanding, gaining, increasing, mounting, multiplying, mushrooming, proliferating, rising, rolling up, snowballing, spreading, swelling, waxing
jumping, rocketing, skyrocketing, surging
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