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inflate

Verbs

• (v) exaggerate or make bigger
  • The charges were inflated
  amplify, expand, blow up,
• (v) fill with gas or air
  • inflate a balloons
  blow up,
• (v) cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit
  • The war inflated the economy
• (v) increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value
  • inflate the currency
• (v) become inflated
  • The sails ballooned
  balloon, billow,

Synonyms

amplify expand blow up balloon billow

Antonyms

deflate

Words of close approximity