Synonyms for inflate
ɪnˈfleɪtin·flate

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1. inflateverb

   Antonyms:
   deflate

2. inflateverb

   You inflate a balloon by blowing air into it.

   Antonyms:
   deflate

3. inflateverb

   The balloon will inflate if you blow into it.

   Antonyms:
   deflate

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. inflate

   Synonyms:
   distend, expand

   Antonyms:
   exhaust, empty, squeeze, flatten, compress

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. inflate, blow up, expand, amplifyverb

   exaggerate or make bigger

   "The charges were inflated"

   Synonyms:
   balloon, go ballistic, lucubrate, expatiate, puff out, exposit, detonate, have kittens, flip one's wig, embroider, puff up, expound, flesh out, puff, hit the roof, explode, throw a fit, boom, extend, combust, spread out, flip one's lid, magnify, dilate, amplify, pad, embellish, lard, fly off the handle, set off, lose one's temper, overstate, enlarge, billow, blow a fuse, hit the ceiling, blow up, flourish, exaggerate, aggrandise, have a fit, dramatise, elaborate, thrive, expand, aggrandize, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, dramatize, blow one's stack

   Antonyms:
   deflate

2. inflate, blow upverb

   fill with gas or air

   "inflate a balloons"

   Synonyms:
   balloon, go ballistic, puff out, detonate, have kittens, flip one's wig, embroider, puff up, puff, hit the roof, explode, throw a fit, combust, flip one's lid, magnify, amplify, pad, embellish, lard, fly off the handle, set off, lose one's temper, enlarge, billow, blow a fuse, hit the ceiling, blow up, aggrandise, have a fit, dramatise, expand, aggrandize, dramatize, blow one's stack

   Antonyms:
   deflate

3. inflateverb

   cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit

   "The war inflated the economy"

   Synonyms:
   expand, billow, amplify, blow up, balloon

   Antonyms:
   deflate

4. inflateverb

   increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value

   "inflate the currency"

   Synonyms:
   expand, billow, amplify, blow up, balloon

   Antonyms:
   deflate

5. balloon, inflate, billowverb

   become inflated

   "The sails ballooned"

   Synonyms:
   blow up, amplify, heave, wallow, expand, balloon, surge, billow

   Antonyms:
   deflate

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1. inflateverb

   Synonyms:
   swell (by blowing), distend, expand, bloat, blow up

2. inflateverb

   Synonyms:
   puff up, make conceited

3. inflateverb

   Synonyms:
   enlarge, increase

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1. inflateverb

   Synonyms:
   expand, enlarge, distend

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1. List of paraphrases for "inflate":

   swell, exaggerate

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How to use inflate in a sentence?

1. Fumio Kishida:

   Having won enough seats, Fumio Kishida does n’t need to inflate the spending package to counter opposition proposals for bigger fiscal stimulus.

2. Hillary Rodham Clinton:

   Now it's easy to try to cut costs by holding down or decreasing pay and other investments to inflate quarterly stock prices, but I would argue that's bad for business in the long run, workers are assets. Investing in them pays off. Higher wages pay off. And training pays off.

3. Lorne Baring:

   All the FTSE 100 companies, except for financials, with majority earnings outside the UK are boosted by the substantial fall in sterling which will inflate overseas earnings in the next results.

4. Mike Kane:

   The board and management are deeply disappointed at the breach of trust that led to the accounts of the Windows business being misreported to inflate profitability.

5. Ihsan Al-Shammari:

   Iran will be a party in this conflict, and Sadr is aware that Iran could be what pushes the Coordination Framework to try to inflate its influence in the political scene in Iraq.