1. (noun) inflation, rising prices
a general and progressive increase in prices
Synonyms: puffiness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, ostentation, inflation, splashiness, ostentatiousness, rising prices Antonyms: deflation, disinflation
2. (noun) inflation
(cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang
Synonyms: puffiness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, ostentation, splashiness, ostentatiousness, rising prices Antonyms: disinflation, deflation
3. (noun) ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness, inflation
lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
Synonyms: swelling, puffiness, fanfare, pomposity, flash, pretension, rising prices, largeness, pretentiousness, ostentation, inflation, splashiness, lump, ostentatiousness, pompousness Antonyms: deflation, disinflation
4. (noun) inflation
the act of filling something with air
Synonyms: puffiness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, ostentation, splashiness, ostentatiousness, rising prices Antonyms: deflation, disinflation
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