Antonyms for puff
pʌfpuff

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. puffnoun

   Synonyms:
   pastry

2. puffnoun

   To pant.

   out of puff

   Synonyms:
   wind

3. puffnoun

   An act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe.

   Synonyms:
   drag

4. puffnoun

   The drug cannabis.

   Synonyms:
   ganja, blow, dope, pot, Appendix:Cannabis slang, weed

5. puffnoun

   a homosexual; a poof

   Synonyms:
   poof

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. puff

   Antonyms:
   squash, disparage, lash, chastise, blast

   Synonyms:
   flatter, advertise, hawk, ventilate

Matched Categories

1. • Bedclothes
   • Blow
   • Boast
   • Elate
   • Pad
   • Pastry
   • Recommendation
   • Seat

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. puff, puff of air, whiffnoun

   a short light gust of air

   Antonyms:
   plain

   Synonyms:
   whiff, pull, pouffe, quilt, puff of air, drag, comfort, blow, comforter, hassock, powderpuff, ottoman

2. puffnoun

   a light inflated pastry or puff shell

   Antonyms:
   plain

   Synonyms:
   whiff, pull, pouffe, quilt, puff of air, drag, comfort, blow, comforter, hassock, powderpuff, ottoman

3. puffnoun

   exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)

   Antonyms:
   plain

   Synonyms:
   whiff, pull, pouffe, quilt, puff of air, drag, comfort, blow, comforter, hassock, powderpuff, ottoman

4. quilt, comforter, comfort, puffnoun

   bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together

   Antonyms:
   plain

   Synonyms:
   whiff, hassock, drag, comforter, powderpuff, teething ring, comfort, consolation, ease, allayer, sympathiser, baby's dummy, quilt, pacifier, pull, blow, solace, pouffe, comfortableness, sympathizer, ottoman, puff of air, reliever

5. powderpuff, puffnoun

   a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin

   Antonyms:
   plain

   Synonyms:
   whiff, pull, pouffe, quilt, puff of air, drag, comfort, blow, comforter, hassock, powderpuff, ottoman

6. ottoman, pouf, pouffe, puff, hassocknoun

   thick cushion used as a seat

   Antonyms:
   plain

   Synonyms:
   hassock, powderpuff, ottoman, drag, comfort, footstool, quilt, pull, blow, tuffet, pouffe, whiff, comforter, puff of air, footrest

7. puff, drag, pullnoun

   a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)

   "he took a puff on his pipe"; "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly"

   Antonyms:
   plain

   Synonyms:
   hassock, drag, comforter, powderpuff, pulling, clout, comfort, wrench, twist, quilt, pull, retarding force, pouffe, blow, whiff, ottoman, puff of air

8. blow, puffadjective

   forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth

   "he gave his nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single puff"

   Antonyms:
   plain

   Synonyms:
   nose candy, reversal, hassock, drag, bump, setback, comforter, powderpuff, snow, coke, shock, comfort, black eye, reverse, puff of air, quilt, pull, blow, pouffe, gust, whiff, ottoman, blast

9. puff, puffedverb

   gathered for protruding fullness

   "puff sleeves"

   Antonyms:
   plain

   Synonyms:
   puffed

10. puff, whiffverb

    smoke and exhale strongly

    "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe"

    Antonyms:
    plain

    Synonyms:
    whiff, blow up, drag, heave, huff, chuff, sniff, puff up, pant, puff out, gasp, draw

11. puff, drag, drawverb

    suck in or take (air)

    "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette"

    Antonyms:
    plain

    Synonyms:
    tie, get, puff out, suck up, puff up, attract, get behind, thread, quarter, imbibe, scuff, hale, chuff, guide, whiff, describe, drag, sweep up, suck, pull in, draw in, delineate, draw and quarter, make, soak up, cast, tangle, hang back, get out, take out, trail, cart, pull back, sop up, sweep, reap, heave, pass, huff, gasp, depict, blow up, take in, string, drag on, dredge, drop back, withdraw, drag in, pull out, draw, pant, disembowel, line, run, force, trace, absorb, drop behind, draw off, pull, embroil, haul, take up, drag out, eviscerate

12. pant, puff, gasp, heaveverb

    breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted

    "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily"

    Antonyms:
    plain

    Synonyms:
    chuff, buckle, heave, gag, gasp, huff, draw, pant, blow up, warp, heft up, puff out, heft, billow, retch, whiff, puff up, drag, heave up, surge

13. puffverb

    make proud or conceited

    "The sudden fame puffed her ego"

    Antonyms:
    plain

    Synonyms:
    whiff, blow up, drag, heave, huff, chuff, puff up, pant, puff out, gasp, draw

14. puff, puff upverb

    praise extravagantly

    "The critics puffed up this Broadway production"

    Antonyms:
    plain

    Synonyms:
    whiff, blow up, drag, heave, huff, chuff, swell, puff up, pant, puff out, gasp, draw

15. puffverb

    speak in a blustering or scornful manner

    "A puffing kind of man"

    Antonyms:
    plain

    Synonyms:
    whiff, blow up, drag, heave, huff, chuff, puff up, pant, puff out, gasp, draw

16. puff, puff up, blow up, puff outverb

    to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"

    "puffed out chests"

    Antonyms:
    plain

    Synonyms:
    embellish, draw, heave, puff out, puff up, chuff, have kittens, flip one's wig, embroider, whiff, drag, detonate, hit the roof, explode, huff, combust, flip one's lid, magnify, expand, amplify, pad, go ballistic, lard, fly off the handle, set off, lose one's temper, blow a fuse, enlarge, hit the ceiling, gasp, blow up, aggrandise, have a fit, dramatise, inflate, throw a fit, pant, aggrandize, dramatize, blow one's stack, swell

17. puff, huff, chuffverb

    blow hard and loudly

    "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"

    Antonyms:
    plain

    Synonyms:
    whiff, blow up, drag, heave, huff, chuff, puff up, pant, puff out, gasp, draw, snort

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. puff

   Synonyms:
   Vox populi Poof, poofter

How to use puff in a sentence?

1. Christian Petroni:

   When you blast the pizza with high heat quickly, it allows the dough to puff up, and really replicates a Neapolitan-style pizza.

2. Claiborne Pell:

   My opponent called me a cream puff. ... Well, I rushed out and got the baker's union to endorse me.

3. Loran Smith:

   When it was time to huff and puff, he knew what we wanted, ... He wasn't gonna quit until he got 'em all out.

4. James Caan:

   I had my first puff on a joint when I was 24-and-a-half, and I was petrified, i thought I was gonna see elephants. Five, six years later, I’m in Hollywood. I got a little cocaine in my pocket, a couple of quaaludes. I can’t do a little of anything.

5. Alasdair Hainsworth:

   It's hard to say that that is necessarily going to occur, but certainly the conditions are there, you'd think that it has just about run out of puff by now because the sun is moving rapidly south, but it does appear that the environment at the present time is highly conducive to these circulations.

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