inflate

inflate is a 7-letter English word with 10 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Blown in; inflated. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. participial adjective. Blown in; inflated.
2. transitive verb. To swell or distend with air or gas; to dilate; to expand; to enlarge; as, to inflate a bladder; to inflate the lungs.
3. transitive verb. Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one with pride or vanity.
4. transitive verb. To cause to become unduly expanded or increased; as, to inflate the currency.
5. intransitive verb. To expand; to fill; to distend.
6. verb. become inflated

   "The sails ballooned"

   Synonyms: balloon, billow

7. verb. fill with gas or air

   "inflate a balloons"

8. verb. exaggerate or make bigger

   "The charges were inflated"

   Synonyms: amplify, expand

9. verb. increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value

   "inflate the currency"

10. verb. cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit

    "The war inflated the economy"

Synonyms

balloon, billow, amplify, expand

Common word forms

inflated, inflater, inflates, inflating

Words from these letters

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