balloons

The word “balloons” has 2 syllables: bal-loons

It's pronounced as /bəˈlunz/

What is synonym and antonym for balloons?

In the thesaurus, “balloons” has 60 synonyms and 11 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for balloons along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for balloons

accelerates
accumulates
appreciates
bags
beetles
bellies
billows
blows up
booms
bourgeons
builds up
bulges
bulks
bunches
burgeons
climbs
crescendoes
crests
dilates
distends
domes
elongates
enlarges
escalates
expands
extends
gains
heightens
increases
inflates
intensifies
jumps
juts
lengthens
mounts
multiplies
mushrooms
overhangs
peaks
pokes
pooches
pouches
pouts
projects
proliferates
protrudes
redoubles
rises
rockets
rolls up
skyrockets
snowballs
spreads
stands out
starts
sticks out
stretches
surges
swells
waxes

Antonyms for balloons

compresses
condenses
constricts
contracts
decreases
diminishes
dwindles
lessens
recedes
shrinks
wanes

Meanings of balloons

noun
1. An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible.
2. Such an object as a child’s toy or party decoration.
3. Such an object designed to transport people through the air.
4. A sac inserted into part of the body for therapeutic reasons; such as angioplasty.
5. A speech bubble.
6. A type of glass cup, sometimes used for brandy.
7. A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc.
8. A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form.
9. A bomb or shell.
10. A game played with a large inflated ball.
11. (engraving) The outline enclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.
12. A woman's breast.
13. A small container for illicit drugs made from a condom or the finger of a latex glove, etc.
14. An unusually large payment due at the end of the term of a loan agreement.
verb
1. To increase or expand rapidly.
2. To go up or voyage in a balloon.
3. To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.
4. To inflate like a balloon.
5. To strike (a ball) so that it flies high in the air.

Example Sentences

Balloons floated gracefully in the sky during the festival.
She tied colorful ribbons to the strings of the balloons for the party.
The children squealed with delight as they played with the balloons at the birthday party.
The hot air balloons soared majestically above the landscape.
He decorated the room with an assortment of helium-filled balloons for the celebration.

On this page you'll find 71 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to balloons, such as: accelerates, accumulates, appreciates, bags, beetles, bellies, billows.

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