Dictionary Definition
inflate
Verb
3 cause prices to rise by increasing the
available currency or credit; "The war inflated the economy" [ant:
deflate]
4 increase the amount or availability of,
creating a rise in value; "inflate the currency" [ant: deflate]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɪt
Verb
Antonyms
Translations
To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas)
into it
- Finnish: täyttää
To enlarge by filling with air
- Finnish: täyttyä
- ttbc Chinese: 擴張, 扩张 kuò zhāng, 打气, 打氣 dǎ qì
- ttbc French: gonfler
- ttbc Korean: 부풀리다 (Bupullida)
- ttbc Spanish: inflar
- ttbc Swedish: blåsa upp
Related terms
Extensive Definition
Inflate can refer to:
- Inflation, the increase in prices of goods over a period of time.
- Cosmic inflation, the theory relating to the expansion of the universe.
- Inflatable, anything designed to expand with the insertion of air
- INFLATE, the algorithm that reverses DEFLATE compression.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Barnumize, add to, aggrandize, amplify, augment, balloon, bloat, blow, blow up, bombast, boost, broaden, build, build up, bulk, bulk out, crescendo, develop, dilate, distend, enlarge, exaggerate, exalt, expand, extend, fatten, fill out, hike, hike up, huff, increase, jack up, jump up, lay
it on, lengthen,
magnify, maximize, overdevelop, overdistend, overdraw, overexpand, overextend, overstrain, overstretch, parlay, pile it on, pontificate, puff, puff up, pump, pump up, put up, pyramid, raise, rarefy, strain, stretch, sufflate, swell, talk big, talk highfalutin,
thicken, up, vapor, widen