Synonyms for swelling
ˈswɛl ɪŋswelling

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1. swelling, puffiness, lumpnoun

   an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement

   Synonyms:
   splashiness, stumblebum, jut, lubber, oaf, ostentation, lummox, inflation, excrescence, gibbosity, glob, ostentatiousness, bulge, hunk, chunk, ball, protrusion, clod, clump, pretentiousness, pompousness, intumescency, hump, pomposity, lout, lump, goon, gibbousness, bump, gawk, protuberance, extrusion, puffiness, prominence, intumescence

2. bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescencenoun

   something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

   "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns"

   Synonyms:
   lump, expulsion, protrusion, prominence, gibbousness, jut, jutting, intumescence, extrusion, bulge, projection, protuberance, gibbosity, intumescency, bump, blow, puffiness, hump, excrescence

3. intumescence, intumescency, swellingnoun

   the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)

   Synonyms:
   prominence, bump, puffiness, extrusion, intumescency, protrusion, jut, excrescence, protuberance, intumescence, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, lump, bulge

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1. swellingadjective

   Synonyms:
   bombastic, pompous, turgid, inflated, tumid, stilted, grandiloquent, pretentious, SPREAD-EAGLE, HIGHFALUTIN, sophomorical, high-flowing, high-sounding

2. swellingnoun

   Synonyms:
   swell

3. swellingnoun

   Synonyms:
   protuberance, bump

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1. swellingadjective

   Synonyms:
   turgent, tumefacient, tumid, turgid, grandiloquent, bombastic, grandiose

2. swellingnoun

   Synonyms:
   intumescence, turgescence, prominence, protuberance, bump, node, blain, distention

   Antonyms:
   subsidence, detumescence

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1. List of paraphrases for "swelling":

   edema, blowing, swell, bulge, inflammation, oedema, ballooning, inflation

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1. Andrew Schneider:

   Listen, can you hear it Spring's sweet cantata. The strains of grass pushing through the snow. The song of buds swelling on the vine. The tender timpani of a baby robin's heart. Spring.

2. Vaagn Andikyan:

   When I first walked into the examination room, I found this 38-year-old malnourished patient with a weight of 350 pounds and extensive tumor that was about 100 centimeters [ 39 inches ] large. I saw fear in the patient's eyes. She was so hopeless, because she had seen several other doctors, and they were unable to help her, her legs were so swollen that she was unable to walk. I've seen leg swelling, but I've never seen leg swelling of this magnitude.

3. Yoshiro Mori:

   What we're trying to avoid above all is swelling expenses that become a huge burden for the people of Japan.

4. Ken MacQuarrie:

   During the physical attack Oisin Tymon was struck, resulting in swelling and bleeding to his lip.

5. Ben Famiglietti:

   It helps reduce the swelling around the joint, and that's what I’m trying to improve: range of motion and stability.