inflation

inflation is a 9-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement.
2. noun. The state of being puffed up, as with pride; conceit; vanity.
3. noun. Undue expansion or increase, from overissue; -- said of currency.
4. noun. the act of filling something with air
5. noun. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

   Synonyms: ostentation, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness

6. noun. (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang
7. noun. a general and progressive increase in prices

   "in inflation everything gets more valuable except money"

Synonyms

ostentation, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness

Common word forms

inflations

Words from these letters

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