Defenition of the word swell
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Defenition of the word swell
- A regular movement of marine waves created by wind stress in the open ocean which travels considerable distances.
- To grow larger in volume.
- (informal) very good; "a bully pulpit"; "a cool sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"
- a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
- a crescendo followed by a decrescendo
- a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)
- cause to become swollen; "The water swells the wood"
- increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity; "The music swelled to a crescendo"
- the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
- become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger; "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"
- expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"
- come up, as of liquids: "Tears well in her eyes"
- as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things; "Strong emotions welled up"; "Smoke swelled from it"
- come up; "Tears well in her eyes"
- very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"
- expand abnormally
- cause to become swollen
- increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
- come up, as of a liquid
- become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
- come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)
- very good
Synonyms for the word swell
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- add to
- amplify
- augment
- balloon
- bang-up
- beau
- billow
- bloat
- brilliant
- bulge
- bully
- clotheshorse
- comber
- cool
- corking
- cracking
- crestless wave
- dandy
- distend
- dude
- engorge
- enhance
- enlarge
- excellent
- expand
- fabulous
- fantastic
- fashion plate
- fop
- gallant
- get bigger
- great
- groovy
- grow
- improve
- increase
- inflate
- keen
- marvelous
- mushroom
- neat
- nifty
- not bad
- peachy
- proliferate
- puff out
- puff up
- raise
- really nice
- roller
- sheik
- slap-up
- smashing
- super
- supplement
- surge
- swell up
- tremendous
- very good
- wave
- well
- well up
- wonderful
Similar words in the swell
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- good
- swell
- swelled
- sweller
- swellest
- swellhead
- swellheaded
- swellheads
- swelling
- swelling's
- swellings
- swells
Hyponyms for the word swell
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- Beau Brummell
- belly
- belly out
- blister
- bloat
- blow up
- Brummell
- bulge
- bulk
- cockscomb
- coxcomb
- distend
- George Bryan Brummell
- ground swell
- heavy swell
- macaroni
- puff
- puff out
- puff up
- tumefy
- vesicate
Hypernyms for the word swell
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- act
- adult male
- arise
- behave
- come up
- crescendo
- develop
- do
- elevation
- expand
- grow
- increase
- man
- moving ridge
- natural elevation
- originate
- rise
- rise up
- spring up
- surface
- uprise
- wave
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