inflating
Adding air inside
Inflating is the act of filling something with air or gas, causing it to expand: inflating a balloon, inflating a tire.
Figuratively, inflating means artificially increasing or exaggerating: inflating prices, inflating one's credentials.
The word often carries a negative connotation when applied to numbers or claims—suggesting something has been made to appear larger or more impressive than it actually is.
Increase in size
- swellIncrease in size
- pumpFluid-moving machine
- airGaseous envelope surrounding Earth
- pressureForce upon contact
enlarge · bloat · distend · puff · bulge · dilate · fill · tire
Lightest noble gas
- airGaseous envelope surrounding Earth
- pumpFluid-moving machine
- blowMove air forcefully
- latexMilky plant-derived polymer
rubber · float · buoyancy · party · birthday · celebration · decoration · colorful
Growth in amount
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- escalationProgressive increase in intensity
- boomLoud deep sound
- spikeSharp rise or point
upsurge · upturn · rise · climbing · soaring · ballooning · mushrooming · snowballing
Stagnant growth meets inflation
- currencyMedium of exchange
- devaluationLowering of currency worth
- depreciationAsset value reduction over time
- cost-of-livingPrice of basic needs
monetary · fiscal · prices · bubble · overheating · deficit · debt · liquidity
expand
Increase in size
pressure · enlarge · bloat · distend · puff · bulge · dilate · fill · tire · mattress
helium
Lightest noble gas
latex · rubber · float · buoyancy · party · birthday · celebration · decoration · colorful · pop
increase
Growth in amount
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- escalationProgressive increase in intensity
- boomLoud deep sound
spike · upsurge · upturn · rise · climbing · soaring · ballooning · mushrooming · snowballing · mounting
stagflation
Stagnant growth meets inflation
- currencyMedium of exchange
- devaluationLowering of currency worth
- depreciationAsset value reduction over time
cost-of-living · monetary · fiscal · prices · bubble · overheating · deficit · debt · liquidity · adjustment
overstate
Represent as greater
overemphasize · distort · overplay · dramatize · embroider · aggrandize · stretch · puff · boast · magnify
- deformingbending, twisting, warping, curving, folding
- exaggerationhyperbole, overstatement, exaggeration, magnification, amplification
- puffing upswelling, bloating, expanding, ballooning, billowing
- actingacting, act, performing, playacting, actor
- balloon twistingballoon flower, balloon animal
- deceptionlie, lies, lying, fake, fraud
inflatingdeflating
Releasing contained gas
letting out air · deflation · puncturing · collapsing · flattening
inflatingdeflating
Releasing contained gas
decreasing · reducing · lowering · shrinking · contracting
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Releasing contained gas
understating · downplaying · underreporting · minimizing · diminishing
- wage inflationRising pay levels economy-wide
- inflation rateSpeed of rising costs
- inflation controlPolicies limiting price increases
- grade inflationUnmerited higher academic scores
- inflation crisisRapid devaluation harming economy
- inflation adjusted