Synonyms of snowballs

snowballs

verb

present tense third-person singular of snowball

as in increases

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

the little problems we ignored began to snowball into huge headaches

Synonyms & Similar Words

• increases
• rises
• swells
• accelerates
• climbs
• expands
• mushrooms
• waxes
• multiplies
• accumulates
• balloons
• spreads
• intensifies
• escalates
• rolls up
• proliferates
• mounts
• jumps
• booms
• gains
• surges
• enlarges
• builds up
• rockets
• burgeons
• appreciates
• heightens
• peaks
• skyrockets
• bulks
• inflates
• redoubles
• puffs (up)
• distends
• crests
• blows up
• crescendoes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• decreases
• diminishes
• contracts
• wanes
• recedes
• lessens
• dwindles

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of snowballs

The attack is followed by inflammation and swelling that together cause damage that snowballs to complete joint destruction, which can progress rapidly. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026

That metaphysical connection soon snowballs into a mounting existential threat when Mia (Sophie Wilde) allows her best friend's eager little brother to have one round with the hand, after which his body is never the same. — Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025

Sometimes that snowballs for a defense. — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025

That then snowballs into a full-length feature Hollywood horror film. — Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2022