Synonyms for Balloon
bəˈlunbal·loon

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1. balloonnoun

   Such an object designed to transport people through the air.

   Synonyms:
   hot-air balloon, montgolfier

2. balloonnoun

   A speech bubble.

   Synonyms:
   speech bubble, fumetto

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1. balloonnoun

   large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air

2. balloonverb

   small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck

3. balloonverb

   ride in a hot-air balloon

   "He tried to balloon around the earth but storms forced him to land in China"

   Synonyms:
   billow, inflate

4. balloon, inflate, billowverb

   become inflated

   "The sails ballooned"

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

Matched Categories

1. • Expand
   • Fly
   • Lighter-than-air Craft

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1. balloonnoun

   Synonyms:
   aërostat

2. balloonnoun

   Synonyms:
   Montgolfier (hot-air balloon)

   Associated words:
   parachute, inflate, inflation, deflate, deflation, dirigible

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1. List of paraphrases for "balloon":

   ball, ballon, balloons, globe, flask, football, dirigible, zeppelin

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1. Indian Ocean:

   Mystery balloon hovered over Andaman Sheekha and Nicobar Islands around tri-service military drill.

2. Daniel Meier:

   There is even one bigger issue; that is if the electronics fail it will just fall down to the ground. This can't happen with Skye because helium is providing the buoyancy, so if ever something goes wrong it becomes a huge balloon and people could play with it.

3. Phil Wilson:

   The Party's leadership went down like a lead balloon on the doorstep, labour's leadership needs to take responsibility.

4. Sanita Belgrave:

   We think legacy is like a balloon being inflated and so we expect to see the results. Truthfully, legacy is more like the air going into the balloon, whether we witness the outcome or not, lives are being touched.

5. Melissa Dalton:

   Because we have not yet been able to definitively assess what these recent objects are, we have acted out of an abundance of caution to protect our security and interests, the spy balloon from (China) was of course different in that we knew precisely what (it) was. These most recent objects do not pose a kinetic military threat, but their path in proximity to sensitive (defense) sites and the altitude that they were flying could be a hazard to civilian aviation and thus raised concerns.