vverb.changeexaggerate or make biggerSynset:amplify blow up expand inflate
Examples:- The charges were inflated
Derivationally Related Form:expansive
Hypernyms:increase
Inherited Hypernyms:inflateincreasechange
Direct Hyponyms:puff up
Full Troponyms:puff up
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changefill with gas or airSynset:blow up inflate
Antonyms:deflate
Derivationally Related Form:inflationinflatableinflatorinflater
Hypernyms:expand
Inherited Hypernyms:inflateexpandenlargeincreasechange
Direct Hyponyms:billowheavereflatesurge
Full Troponyms:billowreflate
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changecause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or creditExamples:- The war inflated the economy
Antonyms:deflate
Derivationally Related Form:inflation
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:inflatechange
Direct Hyponyms:reflate
Full Troponyms:reflate
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something
vverb.changeincrease the amount or availability of, creating a rise in valueAntonyms:deflate
Derivationally Related Form:inflation
Hypernyms:bring down cut cut back cut down reduce trim trim back trim down
Inherited Hypernyms:inflatereducedecreasechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s somebody
vverb.changebecome inflatedSynset:balloon billow inflate
Derivationally Related Form:inflation
Hypernyms:expand
Inherited Hypernyms:balloonexpandgrowincreasechange magnitudechange
Direct Hyponyms:reflate
Full Troponyms:reflate
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Something is ---ing PP
adj satadj.allenlarged beyond truth or reasonablenessSynset:hyperbolic
Antonyms:decreased
Derivationally Related Form:hyperbole
Inherited Hypernyms:hyperbolic
Similar to:increased
adj satadj.allpretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals)Domain Usage:colloquialism
Synset:high-flown high-sounding
Examples:- high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school
- a high-sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution
Antonyms:unpretentious
Inherited Hypernyms:high-flown
Similar to:pretentious