- puff
- n1. whiff, whiffet, breath, flurry, small cloud; gust, short blast; huff, pant, wind.2. swelling, lump, protuberance, projection, tuberosity, Anat. condyle, protrusion; node, nodule, bulb; growth, excrescence, excretion, Biol. auxesis, tubercle; tumescence, intumescence, enlargement; bump, Inf. goose egg, hump, buckle, bulge, bubble, balloon, ball; Pathol. tumor, Pathol. neoplasm, Pathol. cyst, Pathol. wen, Pathol. blain, boil, Pathol. carbuncle, in flammation.3. commendation, recognition, good word, honorable mention; overpraise, overcommendation, over-laudation; publicity, promotion, mention, Sl. boost, Inf. plug, Sl. buildup; Sl. hype, Sl. blurb, word, advertising.v4. whiff, breeze; pant, huff, blow, breathe hard, suck wind; wheeze, gasp, gasp for breath, gulp; (of a locomotive) chug.5. smoke, inhale, Inf. drag, draw, pull.6.Usu. puff upswell, distend, stretch, bloat, balloon, bubble; inflate, Obs. sufflate, pump up, expand, dilate, enlarge, amplify, increase, grow.7. bluster, roister, boast, Sl. blow hard, Sl. talk big; brag, crow, trumpet, blow one's own horn, toot one's own horn, sing one's own praises; show off, strut, parade, swagger, flaunt.8.Usu. puff upmagnify, overpraise, overestimate, exaggerate, enhance, color, embroider; eulogize, panegyrize, praise, applaud, laud, extol, exalt, celebrate; compliment, salute, make much of, flatter, Inf. slather, overdo it, lay it on.9. advertise, promote, advance, push, Inf. plug, Inf. hype; publicize, bill, subserve; announce, blurb, make known, publish; herald, trumpet, ballyhoo, beat the drum.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.