- inflate
- v1. dilate, distend, overdistend, Obs. suf-flate, aerate; swell, bloat, puff out, blow up, pump up, tumefy; expand, overexpand, stretch, stretch out, outstretch; spread, spread out, outspread; grow, wax, fill out, fatten.2. increase, enlarge, make larger, make bigger, make greater, Chiefly Literary. greaten; widen, thicken, broaden; extend, overextend, lengthen, prolong, pro- longate, protract.3. escalate, step up, give a boost to, U.S. Sl. soup up, Sl. hop up, Sl. jazz up; exaggerate, overstate, overstress, overdraw, overcolor; augment, supplement, add to, superadd to; magnify, amplify, deepen, heighten; intensify, aggravate, worsen.4. raise, elevate, boost, advance; rise, mount, ascend, skyrocket; burgeon, shoot up, spring up, sprout.5. give [s.o.] a swell head, turn [s.o.'s] head, go to [s.o.'s] head, puff up, make proud, elate; flatter, overpraise, lionize; Inf. bootlick, toady to, Inf. butter up.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.