Antonyms for swell
swɛlswell

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1. swellnoun

   A person who is dressed in a fancy or elegant manner.

   Synonyms:
   dandy, dude, toff

2. swellnoun

   A person of high social standing; an important person.

   Synonyms:
   toff

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1. swell

   Antonyms:
   contract, curtail, shrivel, diminish, lessen, retrench, reduce, collapse, fold, narrow, condense, concentrate

   Synonyms:
   dilate, extend, enlarges, heighten, heave, enhance, rise, expand, increase, augment, protuberate, aggravate, amplify, distend

Matched Categories

1. • Arise
   • Behave
   • Crescendo
   • Grow
   • Increase
   • Natural Elevation
   • Rise
   • Wave

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1. swell, crestless wavenoun

   the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea

   Antonyms:
   bad

   Synonyms:
   crestless wave, sheik, beau, dude, fashion plate, gallant, clotheshorse, dandy, fop

2. swellnoun

   a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)

   Antonyms:
   bad

   Synonyms:
   crestless wave, sheik, beau, dude, fashion plate, gallant, clotheshorse, dandy, fop

3. swellnoun

   a crescendo followed by a decrescendo

   Antonyms:
   bad

   Synonyms:
   crestless wave, sheik, beau, dude, fashion plate, gallant, clotheshorse, dandy, fop

4. dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, swell, fashion plate, clotheshorseadjective

   a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance

   Antonyms:
   bad

   Synonyms:
   fop, boyfriend, tribal sheik, squire, yawl, beau, tribal sheikh, young man, swain, sheik, dude, crestless wave, fashion plate, gallant, clotheshorse, sheikh, fellow, buster, dandy

5. bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashingverb

   very good

   "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"

   Antonyms:
   bad

6. swellverb

   increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity

   "The music swelled to a crescendo"

   Antonyms:
   bad

   Synonyms:
   swell up, tumesce, intumesce, well up, puff up, tumefy, well

7. swell, puff upverb

   become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger

   "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"

   Antonyms:
   bad

   Synonyms:
   swell up, blow up, well up, puff up, puff out, tumefy, puff, intumesce, tumesce, well

8. swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesceverb

   expand abnormally

   "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"

   Antonyms:
   bad

   Synonyms:
   swell up, well up, bubble up, puff up, tumefy, intumesce, tumesce, well

9. well up, swellverb

   come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)

   "Strong emotions welled up"; "Smoke swelled from it"

   Antonyms:
   bad

   Synonyms:
   swell up, well up, tumefy, intumesce, tumesce, puff up, well

10. well, swellverb

    come up, as of a liquid

    "Tears well in her eyes"; "the currents well up"

    Antonyms:
    bad

    Synonyms:
    swell up, well up, tumefy, intumesce, tumesce, puff up, well

11. swellverb

    cause to become swollen

    "The water swells the wood"

    Antonyms:
    bad

    Synonyms:
    swell up, tumesce, intumesce, well up, puff up, tumefy, well

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1. swelladjective

   Synonyms:
   (Slang) fashionable, elegant, distinguished, exquisite

2. swellnoun

   Synonyms:
   swelling, augmentation, increase, protuberance, bulge, elevation, rise

3. swellnoun

   Synonyms:
   exquisite, fop, dandy

4. swellverb

   Synonyms:
   distend, dilate, expand, bloat, puff up, tumefy, intumesce, increase, augment, heave, surge, protuberate, strut, swagger

How to use swell in a sentence?

1. William Shakespeare:

   Their understanding Begins to swell and the approaching tide Will shortly fill the reasonable shores That now lie foul and muddy.

2. Lee Greenwood:

   It makes my heart swell with pride to do this.

3. Jean Anouilh:

   Poor little men, poor little cocks! As soon as they're old enough, they swell their plumage to be conquerors. If they only knew that it's enough to be just a little bit wounded and sad in order to obtain everything without fighting for it.

4. Mikey Wright:

   That lady had no intention of swimming. It was a 15-foot swell about where she was, the wave had washed up and dragged her out.

5. Surfer Sonia Lynn Gabriel:

   The way( Lebanon's) swell comes is really random.

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