All balloon synonyms
bal·loon
B b verb balloon
- bloat — to swell or cause to swell, as with a liquid, air, or wind
- swell — to grow in bulk, as by the absorption of moisture or the processes of growth.
- inflate — deflate
- distend — Swell or cause to swell by pressure from inside.
- bulge — If something such as a person's stomach bulges, it sticks out.
- belly — The belly of a person or animal is their stomach or abdomen. In British English, this is an informal or literary use.
- dilate — to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- blow up — If someone blows something up or if it blows up, it is destroyed by an explosion.
noun balloon
- blimp — A blimp is the same as an airship.
- airship — An airship is an aircraft that consists of a large balloon which is filled with gas and is powered by an engine. It has a section underneath for passengers.
- bladder — Your bladder is the part of your body where urine is stored until it leaves your body.
- dirigible — an airship.
- zeppelin — Count Ferdinand von [fer-di-nahnt fuh n] /ˈfɛr dɪˌnɑnt fən/ (Show IPA), 1838–1917, German general and aeronaut: designer and manufacturer of the zeppelin.
adjective balloon
- beetle — A beetle is an insect with a hard covering to its body.
- tester — the teston of Henry VIII.
- oversized — of excessive size; unusually large: an oversize cigar.
- bagger — A bagger is a person whose job is to put customers' purchases into bags at a supermarket or other store.
- pop out — a short, quick, explosive sound.
- probationary — the act of testing.
- trial — German Der Prozess. a novel (1925) by Franz Kafka.
- oversize — of excessive size; unusually large: an oversize cigar.
- bug out — to depart hurriedly; run away; retreat
- bloater — a herring, or sometimes a mackerel, that has been salted in brine, smoked, and cured