inflates
Pumps up balloons
Inflates means to fill with air or gas, causing expansion: She inflates the balloon.
By extension, to inflate is to increase artificially or exaggerate: The company inflated its earnings, His ego inflates with every compliment.
Inflation in economics—rising prices reducing purchasing power—comes from this sense of artificial expansion.
Added percentage for profit
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- spikeSharp rise or point
- hikeExtended walk outdoors
- escalationProgressive increase in intensity
gouge · overcharge · appreciation · premium · bubble · speculation · demand · scarcity
Medium of exchange
- moneyCurrency for transactions
- pricesAmounts charged for goods
- devaluationLowering of currency worth
- purchasingAcquiring through payment
monetary · stagflation · printing · supply · demand · bubble · recession · cost-of-living
Lightest noble gas
- airGaseous envelope surrounding Earth
- pumpFluid-moving machine
- latexMilky plant-derived polymer
- rubberElastic polymer from trees
party · birthday · float · decoration · mylar · nozzle · blow · puff
Overstate beyond truth
- overstateRepresent as greater
- embellishAdd decorative elements
- amplifyIncrease in strength
- overestimateJudge as greater than
distort · misrepresent · fabricate · falsify · pad · fudge · manipulate · statistics
Satisfaction from one's achievements
- vanityExcessive pride in oneself
- arroganceExcessive self-importance
- conceitExaggerated self-admiration
- narcissismExcessive admiration of oneself
hubris · flattery · praise · self-importance · smugness · boastfulness · grandiosity · pomposity
markup
Added percentage for profit
escalation · gouge · overcharge · appreciation · premium · bubble · speculation · demand · scarcity · tariff
currency
Medium of exchange
- moneyCurrency for transactions
- pricesAmounts charged for goods
- devaluationLowering of currency worth
purchasing · monetary · stagflation · printing · supply · demand · bubble · recession · cost-of-living · wages
helium
Lightest noble gas
rubber · party · birthday · float · decoration · mylar · nozzle · blow · puff · expand
exaggerate
Overstate beyond truth
overestimate · distort · misrepresent · fabricate · falsify · pad · fudge · manipulate · statistics · figures
pride
Satisfaction from one's achievements
- vanityExcessive pride in oneself
- arroganceExcessive self-importance
- conceitExaggerated self-admiration
narcissism · hubris · flattery · praise · self-importance · smugness · boastfulness · grandiosity · pomposity · superiority
pump
Fluid-moving machine
gauge · flat · puncture · bicycle · car · compressor · PSI · tube · tread · spare
inflatesdeflates
Releases air from
reduces · decreases · contracts · diminishes · lowers
inflatesdeflates
Releases air from
humbles · punctures · diminishes · brings down · takes down a peg
- wage inflationRising pay levels economy-wide
- inflation rateSpeed of rising costs
- inflation controlPolicies limiting price increases
- inflatable raftAir-filled watercraft
- inflatable boatAir-filled watercraft
- inflatable poolAir-filled wading basin
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