Antonyms 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

   Antonyms:
   exhaust, empty, squeeze, flatten, compress

   Synonyms:
   distend, expand

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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. inflate, blow up, expand, amplifyverb

   exaggerate or make bigger

   "The charges were inflated"

   Antonyms:
   deflate

   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

2. inflate, blow upverb

   fill with gas or air

   "inflate a balloons"

   Antonyms:
   deflate

   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

3. inflateverb

   cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit

   "The war inflated the economy"

   Antonyms:
   deflate

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

4. inflateverb

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

   "inflate the currency"

   Antonyms:
   deflate

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

5. balloon, inflate, billowverb

   become inflated

   "The sails ballooned"

   Antonyms:
   deflate

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

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1. inflateverb

   Synonyms:
   expand, enlarge, distend

How to use inflate in a sentence?

1. Pareek Singhi:

   Stock market bigbulls know that most small investors are waiting for the correction or market crash to happen, so these big sharks are taking up the benefit of this opportunity to artificially inflate share prices almost every day.

2. 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.

3. Yoram Schweitzer:

   I think that while the ISIS menace cannot be ignored, what is more important is not to inflate it, israeli authorities have an interest in this regard, as no one wants to see Melhem copycats - not least because he managed to kill three people and get away, in what made them look like a bit of a circus.

4. Val Saengphaibul:

   They simply have more time to understand and hone their craft without worrying about work, bills, and the rent which could potentially inflate the number of young, experimental hackers.

5. 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.

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