"inflate" | Definition and Related Words

Verb

Exaggerate or make bigger (synset 200265272)
"The charges were inflated"

is a type of: increase - make bigger or more

subtypes: puff up - make larger or distend

same as: amplify, blow up, expand
Fill with gas or air (synset 200264920)
"inflate a balloons"

is a type of: expand - make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity
subtypes:
- reflate - inflate again
- billow, heave, surge - rise and move, as in waves or billows
same as: blow up
Cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit (synset 200563959)
"The war inflated the economy"

is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

subtypes: reflate - economics: raise demand, expand the money supply, or raise prices, after a period of deflation
Increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value (synset 200563600)
"inflate the currency"

is a type of: bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down - cut down on; make a reduction in
Become inflated (synset 200257003)
"The sails ballooned"

is a type of: expand - become larger in size or volume or quantity

subtypes: reflate - become inflated again

same as: balloon, billow