Synonyms for swelling
ˈswɛl ɪŋswelling

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1. swelling, puffiness, lumpnoun

   an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement

   Synonyms:
   splashiness, stumblebum, jut, lubber, oaf, ostentation, lummox, inflation, excrescence, gibbosity, glob, ostentatiousness, bulge, hunk, chunk, ball, protrusion, clod, clump, pretentiousness, pompousness, intumescency, hump, pomposity, lout, lump, goon, gibbousness, bump, gawk, protuberance, extrusion, swelling, puffiness, prominence, intumescence

2. bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescencenoun

   something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

   "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns"

   Synonyms:
   swelling, lump, expulsion, protrusion, prominence, gibbousness, jut, jutting, intumescence, extrusion, bulge, projection, protuberance, gibbosity, intumescency, bump, blow, puffiness, hump, excrescence

3. intumescence, intumescency, swellingnoun

   the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)

   Synonyms:
   prominence, bump, puffiness, extrusion, intumescency, protrusion, jut, excrescence, protuberance, intumescence, gibbosity, swelling, gibbousness, hump, lump, bulge

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1. • Chemical Process
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1. swellingadjective

   Synonyms:
   bombastic, pompous, turgid, inflated, tumid, stilted, grandiloquent, pretentious, SPREAD-EAGLE, HIGHFALUTIN, sophomorical, high-flowing, high-sounding

2. swellingnoun

   Synonyms:
   swell

3. swellingnoun

   Synonyms:
   protuberance, bump

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1. swellingadjective

   Synonyms:
   turgent, tumefacient, tumid, turgid, grandiloquent, bombastic, grandiose

2. swellingnoun

   Synonyms:
   intumescence, turgescence, prominence, protuberance, bump, node, blain, distention

   Antonyms:
   subsidence, detumescence

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1. List of paraphrases for "swelling":

   edema, blowing, swell, bulge, inflammation, oedema, ballooning, inflation

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How to use swelling in a sentence?

1. John Boris:

   If they're getting brain swelling at 10 mgs and their 6 mg dose is showing limited efficacy, it draws into question Biogen's program.

2. Angel Nelson:

   In the days following, he suffered swelling and bruising around his wrist.

3. Shannon Howard:

   Vinegar is your best bet if you do get stung, most people don’t have vinegar so you want to get the tentacles off of your skin so you can rinse the tentacles off if you can, you can try to use tweezers to get the tentacles off. For the pain and swelling, heat is what you need.

4. Pooja Newman:

   I felt my lips swelling and couldn’t breathe, i knew I was in trouble.

5. Shaunna Broadway:

   Things got worse, especially with my oldest one. He started to complain of chest pains and not being able to breathe, and his chest started swelling.