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

Matched Categories

1. • Chemical Process
   • Projection

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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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How to use swelling in a sentence?

1. Shaunna Broadway:

   Things got worse, especially with my oldest one. He started to complain of chest pains and not being able to breathe, and his chest started swelling.

2. Bobbi Pritt:

   Usually eating one will just cause mild pain and localized swelling if it bites or stings you.

3. Lindsay Tarasco:

   That combination of chemicals can release a gas cloud that can cause what’s called secondary drowning. The lungs start swelling up with its own fluid, the fluid blocks the airwaves and you drown in your own fluids. i smelled something, so I took a deep breath in. Bad mistake.

4. Connie Lehman:

   There's a very specific list we check through, we document every single patient where The Covid vaccine was. So I see a mammogram come up, and the woman had a vaccine in her right arm, and she has asymmetrically enlarged lymph nodes in the right armpit, I put a statement in to the patient and her doctor and I say,' This is a normal response to the vaccine. If you have any clinical concerns, if you can feel the swelling, it gets worse, if you have any concerns, see your doctor. You can always do more evaluation,'.

5. Kenzo Kase:

   It is useful for addressing swelling and bruising in the early stages of recovery from injury or surgery, and for stability and muscle support during rehabilitation and to increase the speed of recovery.