Synonyms for ballooning
bal·loon·ing

Princeton's WordNet

1. ballooningnoun

   flying in a balloon

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1. ballooningnoun

   Synonyms:
   aëronautics, aërostation

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1. ballooningnoun

   Synonyms:
   aëronautics, aërostation, balloonery

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1. List of paraphrases for "ballooning":

   bloating, swelling

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1. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg:

   The ability to be' present' anywhere will also help us address some of the biggest social issues of our day — like ballooning housing costs and inequality of opportunity by geography, today, many people feel like they have to move to cities because that's where the jobs are... Imagine if you could live anywhere you chose and access any job anywhere else. If we deliver on what we're building, this should be much closer to reality by 2030.

2. Francis M. Faber Jr.:

   Has the alarming rate of inflation caused the Navy to consider ballooning the rating known as 'Quartermaster'?

3. David Zweig:

   Beijing is much more worried about social unrest than about ballooning local debt, which at one point seemed to be a priority.

4. Jeff Denham:

   Since then, the project has been scaled back dramatically by lopping off the Sacramento and San Diego segments while ballooning the estimated cost from $77 billion to $98 billion.

5. Karen Goll:

   Far too often, Congressional travel budgets are treated like personal slush funds by lawmakers, while some travel expenses are necessary to serve constituents, ballooning travel budgets show the need for better disclosures. For instance, detail of where, when, and what purpose lawmakers use taxpayer money to travel outside of their districts ought to be disclosed.