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. Geoff Porter:

   Increasing pressure on terrorist activities in the Djebel Chaambi region may have squeezed the balloon, with terrorists seeking softer targets with more symbolic impact.

2. Sarah Elliott:

   I think whenever Donald Trump detractors go after Donald Trump, Republicans Overseas UK makes Donald Trump double down and Republicans Overseas UK actually encourages Donald Trump to keep going and prove everybody wrong, so I think that's the effect the balloon will have.

3. William Sherman Pene du Bois:

   The best way of travel, however, if you aren't in any hurry at all, if you don't care where you are going, if you don't like to use your legs, if you don't want to be annoyed at all by any choice of directions, is in a balloon. In a balloon, you can decide only when to start, and usually when to stop. The rest is left entirely to nature.

4. Andre Bakhos:

   The mixed economic data has been a concern. The low-rate environment is a bubble in itself and it's like riding a balloon until the pin pops.

5. Chuck Schumer:

   Our friends are playing politics with US intelligence. We sent a clear message to China that this is not acceptable. We protected civilians. We gained more intelligence while protecting our own sensitive information. And the bottom line here is shooting down the surveillance balloon over water wasn’t just the safest option, but it was the one that maximized our intelligence payload.