All balloon antonyms
bal·loon
B b verb balloon
- deflate — If you deflate someone or something, you take away their confidence or make them seem less important.
- compress — When you compress something or when it compresses, it is pressed or squeezed so that it takes up less space.
- abridge — to reduce the length of (a written work) by condensing or rewriting
- lessen — to become less.
- contract — A contract is a legal agreement, usually between two companies or between an employer and employee, which involves doing work for a stated sum of money.
- shrink — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
- lower — to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag.
- cave in — If something such as a roof or a ceiling caves in, it collapses inwards.