1. Exaggerate or make bigger
   "The charges were inflated"
   - blow up, expand, amplify 
2. Fill with gas or air
   "inflate a balloons"
   - blow up 
3. Cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit
   "The war inflated the economy" 
4. Increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value
   "inflate the currency" 
5. Become inflated
   - balloon, billow

Derived forms: inflates, inflating, inflated

See also: inflatable, inflater, inflation

Type of: alter, bring down, change, cut, cut back, cut down, expand, increase, modify, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down

Antonym: deflate

Encyclopedia: Inflate

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