Synonyms for ballooning
bal·loon·ing

Princeton's WordNet

1. ballooningnoun

   flying in a balloon

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1. • Flight

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1. ballooningnoun

   Synonyms:
   aëronautics, aërostation

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1. ballooningnoun

   Synonyms:
   aëronautics, aërostation, balloonery

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1. List of paraphrases for "ballooning":

   bloating, swelling

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1. Richard Branson:

   We're not just talking about the people we're sending into space, we're talking about [ bringing out ] family and friends, there'll be flight training inside the spaceport, and there'll be places to eat for their families, hot air ballooning, fishing and mountain bike riding, etc etc. That's something that we'll be organizing.

2. Steny Hoyer:

   After ballooning deficits to over a trillion dollars a year for the next decade ... Republicans cannot be taken seriously when they claim we need to cut $15 billion from key programs in the name of fiscal responsibility.

3. Jeff Denham:

   Since then, the project has been scaled back dramatically by lopping off the Sacramento and San Diego segments while ballooning the estimated cost from $77 billion to $98 billion.

4. Karen Goll:

   Far too often, Congressional travel budgets are treated like personal slush funds by lawmakers, while some travel expenses are necessary to serve constituents, ballooning travel budgets show the need for better disclosures. For instance, detail of where, when, and what purpose lawmakers use taxpayer money to travel outside of their districts ought to be disclosed.

5. David Zweig:

   Beijing is much more worried about social unrest than about ballooning local debt, which at one point seemed to be a priority.