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inflated
Overview of verb inflate
The verb inflate has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (2) inflate, blow up -- (fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons")
2. (1) inflate, blow up, expand, amplify -- (exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated")
3. inflate -- (cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit; "The war inflated the economy")
4. inflate -- (increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value; "inflate the currency")
5. balloon, inflate, billow -- (become inflated; "The sails ballooned")
Overview of adj inflated
The adj inflated has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) exaggerated, hyperbolic, inflated -- (enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness; "had an exaggerated (or inflated) opinion of himself"; "a hyperbolic style")
2. inflated -- (expanded by (or as if by) gas or air; "an inflated balloon")
3. high-flown, high-sounding, inflated -- (pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals); "high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school"; "a high-sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution")
4. raised, inflated -- (increased especially to abnormal levels; "the raised prices frightened away customers"; "inflated wages"; "an inflated economy")
Antonyms of verb inflate
3 of 5 senses of inflate
Sense 1
inflate, blow up
Antonym of deflate (Sense 6)
=>deflate
Sense 3
inflate
Antonym of deflate (Sense 4)
=>deflate
Sense 4
inflate
Antonym of deflate (Sense 5)
=>deflate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb inflate
5 senses of inflate
Sense 1
inflate, blow up
=> expand
=> enlarge
=> increase
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 2
inflate, blow up, expand, amplify
=> increase
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 3
inflate
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 4
inflate
=> reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
=> decrease, lessen, minify
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 5
balloon, inflate, billow
=> expand
=> grow
=> increase
=> change magnitude
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb inflate
4 of 5 senses of inflate
Sense 1
inflate, blow up
=> reflate
=> billow, surge, heave
Sense 2
inflate, blow up, expand, amplify
=> puff up
Sense 3
inflate
=> reflate
Sense 5
balloon, inflate, billow
=> reflate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb inflate
5 senses of inflate
Sense 1
inflate, blow up
=> expand
Sense 2
inflate, blow up, expand, amplify
=> increase
Sense 3
inflate
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 4
inflate
=> reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
Sense 5
balloon, inflate, billow
=> expand
'Cause To' of verb inflate
Derived Forms of verb inflate
4 of 5 senses of inflate
Sense 1
inflate, blow up
RELATED TO>(noun) inflation#4
=> inflation
RELATED TO>(noun) inflater#1
=> inflater, inflator
RELATED TO>(noun) inflator#1
=> inflater, inflator
Sense 3
inflate
RELATED TO>(noun) inflation#1
=> inflation, rising prices
Sense 4
inflate
RELATED TO>(noun) inflation#1
=> inflation, rising prices
Sense 5
balloon, inflate, billow
RELATED TO>(noun) inflation#4
=> inflation
Domain of verb inflate
Domain Terms of verb inflate
Familiarity of verb inflate
inflate used as a verb is common (polysemy count =5)
Sample Sentences of verb inflate
5 senses of inflate
Sense 1
inflate, blow up
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
inflate, blow up, expand, amplify
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
inflate
*> Something ----s something
Sense 4
inflate
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s somebody
Sense 5
balloon, inflate, billow
*> Something ----s
*> Something is ----ing PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb inflate
5 senses of inflate
Sense 1
inflate, blow up
> expand
=> develop
=> inflate, blow up
Sense 2
inflate, blow up, expand, amplify
> increase
=> extend, stretch
=> augment
=> build up
=> enlarge
=> up
=> raise
=> blow up, enlarge, magnify
=> multiply, manifold
=> build up, work up, build, ramp up
=> inflate, blow up, expand, amplify
=> escalate, intensify, step up
=> boost
=> lengthen
=> regenerate
=> maximize, maximise
=> heighten
=> heighten, rise
=> rev up, rev
=> rev up, step up
=> boost, advance, supercharge
=> widen, broaden, extend
=> kite
Sense 3
inflate
> change, alter, modify
=> awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
=> cause to sleep
=> affect
=> refresh, freshen, refreshen
=> inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise
=> indispose
=> cry
=> etiolate
=> brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
=> convert
=> opalize, opalise
=> arterialize, arterialise
=> make, get
=> counterchange, transpose, interchange
=> vascularize, vascularise
=> decrepitate
=> suburbanize, suburbanise
=> revolutionize, revolutionise, overturn
=> etiolate
=> barbarize, barbarise
=> alkalinize, alkalinise
=> mythologize, mythologise, mythicize, mythicise
=> allegorize, allegorise
=> demythologize, demythologise
=> bring, land
=> coarsen
=> affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
=> alchemize, alchemise
=> alcoholize, alcoholise
=> shape, form
=> round off, round down, round out, round
=> suspend
=> sober
=> reconstruct
=> increase
=> ease up, ease off, let up
=> assimilate
=> dissimilate
=> commute, convert, exchange
=> vitalize, vitalise
=> unclutter, clear
=> activate
=> activate
=> activate, aerate
=> activate
=> inactivate, deactivate
=> deaden, blunt
=> remodel, reconstruct, redo
=> edit, redact
=> edit, cut, edit out
=> tame, chasten, subdue
=> chasten, moderate, temper
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate
=> wet
=> dry, dry out
=> lubricate
=> strengthen, beef up, fortify
=> spike, lace, fortify
=> weaken
=> blunt
=> oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
=> unite, unify, merge
=> age
=> ripen, mature
=> antique, antiquate
=> antiquate
=> develop, make grow
=> soften
=> damage
=> ossify
=> acerbate
=> stabilize, stabilise
=> destabilize, destabilise
=> sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> habituate, accustom
=> disorder, disarray
=> discolor
=> color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
=> stain
=> hue
=> uglify
=> untune
=> adjust, set, correct
=> set
=> disqualify, unfit, indispose
=> domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame
=> widen
=> dehydrogenate
=> hydrogenate
=> oxygenize, oxygenise
=> darken
=> brighten, lighten up, lighten
=> blur, blear
=> obscure, bedim, overcloud
=> obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide
=> cook
=> slenderize, slenderise
=> crack
=> dissolve, dismiss
=> end, terminate
=> demist, defog
=> condense, concentrate, contract
=> cool, chill, cool down
=> heat, heat up
=> warm
=> boil
=> freeze
=> blister
=> switch, change over, shift
=> transpose
=> convert, change over
=> transform
=> transform
=> transform
=> transmute
=> transform, transmute, transubstantiate
=> ash
=> translate, transform
=> reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify
=> convert
=> Islamize, Islamise
=> turn back, invert, reverse
=> invert
=> customize, customise
=> personalize, personalise, individualize, individualise
=> depersonalize, depersonalise, objectify
=> sharpen
=> flatten, drop
=> disintegrate
=> magnetize, magnetise
=> demagnetize, demagnetise, degauss
=> simplify
=> complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
=> refine
=> complicate, perplex
=> supercharge, pressurize, pressurise
=> centralize, centralise, concentrate
=> decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise
=> socialize, socialise
=> fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
=> internationalize, internationalise
=> communize, communise, bolshevize, bolshevise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> bestialize, bestialise
=> Americanize, Americanise
=> Frenchify
=> civilize, civilise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> denationalize, denationalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> even, even out
=> equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
=> stiffen
=> loosen, loose
=> tighten, fasten
=> transitivize, transitivise
=> detransitivize, detransitivise, intransitivize, intransitivise
=> thicken, inspissate
=> full
=> diversify
=> deaden
=> check, retard, delay
=> decrease, lessen, minify
=> liquefy, liquify, liquidize, liquidise
=> solvate
=> dissolve
=> validate
=> invalidate, void, vitiate
=> empty
=> fill, fill up, make full
=> saturate
=> clot, coagulate
=> louden
=> normalize, normalise, renormalize, renormalise
=> morph
=> neutralize, neutralise
=> commercialize, commercialise, market
=> purify, purge, sanctify
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> automatize, automatise, automate
=> automatize, automatise
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> harmonize, harmonise, chord
=> polarize, polarise
=> glorify
=> contaminate
=> devalue
=> insulate
=> calcify
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> emulsify
=> demulsify
=> decarboxylate
=> nazify
=> fertilize, fecundate, fertilise
=> clarify
=> embrittle
=> mark
=> barb
=> nick
=> disable, disenable, incapacitate
=> enable
=> de-emphasize, de-emphasise, destress
=> tender, tenderize, tenderise
=> charge
=> sweeten
=> iodinate
=> ionate
=> archaize, archaise
=> inform
=> officialize, officialise
=> occidentalize, occidentalise, westernize, westernise
=> orientalize, orientalise
=> acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
=> achromatize, achromatise
=> parallel, collimate
=> camp
=> classicize, classicise
=> conventionalize, conventionalise
=> decimalize, decimalise
=> dizzy
=> poison, envenom
=> exteriorize, exteriorise, externalize, externalise, objectify
=> glamorize, glamourise, glamourize, glamorise
=> introvert
=> laicize, laicise
=> politicize, politicise
=> radicalize
=> proof
=> romanticize, romanticise
=> rusticate
=> sauce
=> shallow, shoal
=> tense
=> steepen
=> scramble
=> unscramble
=> unsex
=> vitrify
=> pall
=> saponify
=> extend, expand
=> suspend, set aside
=> muddy
=> transform
=> lift, raise, elevate
=> harshen
=> dinge
=> demonize, demonise
=> devilize, devilise, diabolize, diabolise
=> etherealize, etherialise
=> immaterialize, immaterialise, unsubstantialize, unsubstantialise
=> animize, animise, animate
=> clear
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> rarefy, sublimate, subtilize
=> volatilize, volatilise
=> uniformize, uniformise
=> symmetrize, symmetrise
=> immortalize, immortalise, eternize, eternise, eternalize, eternalise
=> denature
=> denature
=> denature
=> sanitize, sanitise
=> verbify
=> shift
=> sputter
=> draw
=> make
=> dope
=> prostrate
=> excite
=> excite, energize, energise
=> shake
=> outmode
=> spice, spice up
=> shorten
=> think
=> make
=> deflate
=> inflate
=> reflate
=> digitize, digitise, digitalize, digitalise
=> gelatinize, gelatinise
=> recombine
=> feminize, feminise, effeminize, erreminise, womanize
=> masculinize, masculinise, virilize, virilise
=> masculinize
=> disharmonize, dissonate
=> sexualize, sexualise
=> schematize, schematise
=> patent
=> constitutionalize, constitutionalise
=> rationalize, rationalise
=> plasticize, plasticise
=> rarefy
=> paganize, paganise
=> incandesce
=> deaminate, deaminize
=> angulate
=> circularize
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> depolarize, depolarise
=> intensify
=> isomerize, isomerise
=> legitimate
=> evaporate, vaporise
=> industrialize, industrialise
=> opacify
=> opsonize
=> militarize, militarise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> recommend
=> sentimentalize, sentimentalise
=> solemnize, solemnise
=> territorialize, territorialise
=> transaminate
=> transfigure, glorify, spiritualize
=> unsanctify
=> vesiculate
=> visualize, visualise
=> variegate
=> ventilate
=> vivify
=> vulgarise, vulgarize
=> supple
=> professionalize, professionalise
=> smut
=> still
=> weaponize
=> eroticize, sex up
=> piggyback
=> confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate
=> confuse
=> tone down, moderate, tame
=> obfuscate
=> synchronize, synchronise
=> mince, soften, moderate
=> militarize, militarise
=> break down, crush
=> fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up
=> touch, disturb
=> dull
=> dull, blunt
=> sharpen
=> coarsen
=> loosen
=> untie, undo, loosen
=> barb
=> string
=> straighten, straighten out
=> bring
=> mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate
=> charge
=> put
=> clean, make clean
=> dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
=> lower, depress
=> deform
=> break, break up
=> alter
=> decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
=> humanize, humanise
=> humble
=> estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect
=> right
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> deodorize, deodorise, deodourise
=> develop
=> blur
=> blind
=> change intensity
=> change taste
=> capture
=> lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring
=> restore, reinstate, reestablish
=> liberalize, liberalise
=> right, compensate, redress, correct
=> democratize, democratise
=> neutralize
=> corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
=> relax, loosen
=> unite, unify
=> flocculate
=> turn
=> make possible
=> cohere
Sense 4
inflate
> reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
=> shorten
=> quench
=> retrench
=> slash
=> thin out
=> thin
=> take away, detract
=> deflate
=> inflate
=> shave, knock off
Sense 5
balloon, inflate, billow
> expand
=> balloon, inflate, billow
=> swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb inflate
Sense 1
inflate, blow up
=> expand
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Sense 2
inflate, blow up, expand, amplify
=> increase
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Sense 3
inflate
=> change, alter, modify
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Sense 4
inflate
=> reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
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Sense 5
balloon, inflate, billow
=> expand
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Grep of verb inflate
inflate
Antonyms of adj inflated
4 senses of inflated
Sense 1
exaggerated, hyperbolic, inflated
INDIRECT (VIA increased) -> decreased, reduced
Sense 2
inflated (vs. deflated)
deflated (vs. inflated)
=> flat
Sense 3
high-flown, high-sounding, inflated
INDIRECT (VIA pretentious) -> unpretentious
Sense 4
raised(prenominal), inflated
INDIRECT (VIA increased) -> decreased, reduced
Similarity of adj inflated
4 senses of inflated
Sense 1
exaggerated, hyperbolic, inflated
=> increased (vs. decreased)
Sense 2
inflated (vs. deflated)
=> blown-up(prenominal), blown up(predicate)
Sense 3
high-flown, high-sounding, inflated
=> pretentious (vs. unpretentious)
Sense 4
raised(prenominal), inflated
=> increased (vs. decreased)
Pertainyms of adj inflated
Attributes of adj inflated
Domain of adj inflated
1 of 4 senses of inflated
Sense 3
high-flown, high-sounding, inflated
USAGE>(noun) colloquialism#1
Domain Terms of adj inflated
Familiarity of adj inflated
inflated used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Grep of adj inflated
inflated
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