| VERB | change | inflate, blow up, expand, amplify | exaggerate or make bigger |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | inflate, blow up | fill with gas or air | |
| change | inflate | cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit | |
| change | inflate | increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value | |
| change | inflate, balloon, billow | become inflated |
| Sounds | ihnfley't | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | exaggerate or make bigger. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The charges were inflated" | |
| Synonyms | blow up, expand, amplify | |
| Narrower | puff up | make larger / larger or distend |
| Broader | increase | make bigger or more |
| Spanish | ampliar, amplificar, ensanchar, expandir | |
| Catalan | ampliar, amplificar, eixamplar, estendre, expandir, inflar | |
| Meaning | Fill with gas or air. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "inflate a balloons" | |
| Synonym | blow up | |
| Narrower | billow, surge, heave | Rise and move, as in waves or billows |
| reflate | inflate again | |
| Broader | expand | make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity |
| Opposite | deflate | Become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air |
| Spanish | hincharse, hinchar, inflarse, inflar, subir | |
| Catalan | inflar-se, inflar, unflar | |
| Adjectives | inflatable | designed to be filled with air or gas |
| Nouns | inflater, inflator | an air pump operated by hand to inflate something (as a tire) |
| inflation | the act of filling something with air | |
| Meaning | Cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The war inflated the economy" | |
| Narrower | reflate | (economics) raise demand, expand the money supply, or raise prices, after a period of deflation |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Opposite | deflate | produce deflation in |
| Nouns | inflation | a general and progressive increase / increase in prices / prices |
| Meaning | increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "inflate the currency" | |
| Broader | reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down | cut down on |
| Opposite | deflate | Reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices |
| Nouns | inflation | a general and progressive increase / increase in prices / prices |
| Meaning | Become inflated. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Synonyms | balloon, billow | |
| Narrower | reflate | Become inflated again |
| Broader | expand | Become larger / larger in size or volume or quantity |
| Spanish | hincharse, hinchar, inflar | |
| Catalan | inflar-se, inflar | |
| Nouns | inflation | the act of filling something with air |
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