What is another word for swelling?
Synonyms for swelling
ˈswɛl ɪŋswelling
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Princeton's WordNet
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, intumescencebulge, 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, excrescenceintumescence, 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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Dictionary of English Synonymes
swellingadjective
Synonyms:
bombastic, pompous, turgid, inflated, tumid, stilted, grandiloquent, pretentious, SPREAD-EAGLE, HIGHFALUTIN, sophomorical, high-flowing, high-soundingswellingnoun
Synonyms:
swellswellingnoun
Synonyms:
protuberance, bump
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
swellingadjective
Synonyms:
turgent, tumefacient, tumid, turgid, grandiloquent, bombastic, grandioseswellingnoun
Synonyms:
intumescence, turgescence, prominence, protuberance, bump, node, blain, distentionAntonyms:
subsidence, detumescence
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "swelling":
edema, blowing, swell, bulge, inflammation, oedema, ballooning, inflation
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1887 | ball | |
#2540 | blow | |
#5750 | projection | |
#6943 | inflation | |
#9252 | blowing | |
#10588 | bump | |
#13853 | inflammation | |
#13952 | lump | |
#15156 | hunk | |
#15289 | swelling | |
#15846 | chunk | |
#16522 | swell | |
#23638 | expulsion | |
#25645 | prominence | |
#27710 | extrusion | |
#28274 | bulge | |
#28424 | edema | |
#29554 | hump | |
#36504 | ballooning | |
#40884 | glob | |
#45824 | gawk | |
#47189 | goon | |
#48942 | clump | |
#67630 | oaf | |
#71525 | oedema | |
#74471 | protrusion | |
#84309 | lout | |
#86009 | jutting | |
#105622 | clod | |
#106140 | jut | |
#110233 | puffiness | |
#118932 | ostentation | |
#164845 | pomposity | |
#175168 | pretentiousness | |
#180983 | protuberance | |
#194859 | lubber | |
#261561 | lummox |
How to use swelling in a sentence?
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.
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.
What we're trying to avoid above all is swelling expenses that become a huge burden for the people of Japan.
During the physical attack Oisin Tymon was struck, resulting in swelling and bleeding to his lip.
It helps reduce the swelling around the joint, and that's what I’m trying to improve: range of motion and stability.
Translations for swelling
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- تورمArabic
- otokCzech
- Anschwellung, Anschwellen, SchwellungGerman
- hinchazón, inflamaciónSpanish
- ورمPersian
- gonflementFrench
- atIrish
- atadhScottish Gaelic
- सूजनHindi
- ուռուցք, այտուցվածություն, այտուցArmenian
- gnocco, gonfioreItalian
- はれ, ふくれ, はれものJapanese
- tumiditās, tumorLatin
- pauku, uruhumuMāori
- پړسوب, غومبهPashto, Pushto
- umflăturăRomanian
- опухоль, опухание, припухлостьRussian
- வீக்கம்Tamil
- వాపుTelugu
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