Synonyms for balloon
bəˈlunbal·loon

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1. balloonnoun

   Such an object designed to transport people through the air.

   Synonyms:
   hot-air balloon, montgolfier

2. balloonnoun

   A speech bubble.

   Synonyms:
   speech bubble, fumetto

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1. balloonnoun

   large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air

2. balloonverb

   small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck

3. balloonverb

   ride in a hot-air balloon

   "He tried to balloon around the earth but storms forced him to land in China"

   Synonyms:
   billow, inflate

4. balloon, inflate, billowverb

   become inflated

   "The sails ballooned"

   Synonyms:
   blow up, amplify, heave, inflate, wallow, expand, surge, billow

Matched Categories

1. • Expand
   • Fly
   • Lighter-than-air Craft

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1. balloonnoun

   Synonyms:
   aërostat

2. balloonnoun

   Synonyms:
   Montgolfier (hot-air balloon)

   Associated words:
   parachute, inflate, inflation, deflate, deflation, dirigible

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1. List of paraphrases for "balloon":

   ball, ballon, balloons, globe, flask, football, dirigible, zeppelin

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1. Daniel Meier:

   There is even one bigger issue; that is if the electronics fail it will just fall down to the ground. This can't happen with Skye because helium is providing the buoyancy, so if ever something goes wrong it becomes a huge balloon and people could play with it.

2. Peter Layton:

   Some of these systems use extremely high frequencies that are short range, can be absorbed by the atmosphere and being line-of-sight are very directional. It’s possible a balloon might be a better collection platform for such specific technical collection than a satellite.

3. Donald Trump:

   There was a potential opportunity for us to collect intel where we had gaps on prior balloons, and so I would defer to the intel community. But this gave us the opportunity to assess what they were actually doing, what kind of capabilities existed on the balloon, what kind of transmission capabilities existed, and I think you’ll see in the future that that timeframe was well worth its value to collect over.

4. Phil Wilson:

   The Party's leadership went down like a lead balloon on the doorstep, labour's leadership needs to take responsibility.

5. Charles Poveromo:

   When we found out it was like a balloon deflating.