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RELATED WORDS : ground swell heavy swell swell up

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun swell has 4 senses

• swell(n = noun.event) crestless wave - the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea;
has particulars: ground swell, heavy swell
is a kind of moving ridge, wave

• swell(n = noun.object) - a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor);
is a kind of elevation, natural elevation

• swell(n = noun.attribute) - a crescendo followed by a decrescendo;
is a kind of crescendo

• swell(n = noun.person) beau, clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik - a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance;
has particulars: cockscomb, coxcomb, macaroni, beau brummell, brummell, george bryan brummell
is a kind of adult male, man

Adjective swell has 1 sense

• swell(s = adj.all) bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, smashing - very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"

Verb swell has 6 senses

• swell(v = verb.change) - increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity; "The music swelled to a crescendo"
is one way to increase
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

• swell(v = verb.social) puff up - become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger; "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"
is one way to act, behave, do
Sample sentence:
Something ----s

• swell(v = verb.change) intumesce, swell up, tumefy, tumesce - expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"
is one way to expand
Derived form noun swelling₁
Sample sentence:
Did his feet swell?

• swell(v = verb.stative) well up - come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things); "Strong emotions welled up"; "Smoke swelled from it"
is one way to arise, develop, grow, originate, rise, spring up, uprise
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

• swell(v = verb.motion) well - come up, as of a liquid; "Tears well in her eyes"; "the currents well up"
is one way to come up, rise, rise up, surface
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP

• swell(v = verb.change) - cause to become swollen; "The water swells the wood"
is one way to grow
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something

CIDE DICTIONARY

OXFORD DICTIONARY

THESAURUS

swell

Babylonian, Beau Brummel, Brahman, Corinthian, OK, accent, accent mark, accrue, accumulate, ace-high, add to, advance, aggrandize, amplify, anthill, appreciate, archduke, aristocrat, armiger, augment, awake the dead, awe-inspiring, awful, bad, bag, balloon, bang-up, bar, barbaric, baron, baronet, barrow, be poised, beau, belly, belly out, bilge, billow, blade, blast, blast the ear, bloat, bloatedness, bloating, blood, blow up, blowing up, blue blood, boil, bonzer, boom, boost, bore, bosom, boss, bouge, boulevardier, brae, braw, break, breakers, breed, broaden, broadening, bug, build, build up, bulge, bulk, bulk out, bully, bump, bunion, but good, butte, cancel, carbuncle, character, chic, choir, chop, choppiness, chopping sea, classy, claviature, clothes-conscious, clotheshorse, cock, comb, comber, console, cool, corking, corn, cosmopolitan, count, coxcomb, crackerjack, crash, crescendo, custos, cyst, dab, dabster, daimio, dandy, dapper, dash, dashing, deafen, delicious, deluxe, develop, diastole, dilatation, dilate, dilation, din, direct, dirty water, distend, distension, dot, down, dressed to advantage, dressed to kill, dropsy, drumlin, ducky, dude, duke, dune, eagre, earl, ebb and flow, echo, edema, eighty-eight, elaborate, elegant, enlarge, enlargement, esquire, expand, expansion, expression mark, exquisite, extend, extension, extravagant, fab, fancy, fashion plate, fashionable, fatten, fell, fermata, fidget, fill out, fill the air, fine, fine and dandy, fine gentleman, fingerboard, first-class, first-rate, flatulence, flatulency, flatus, flip out, flutter, foothills, fop, freak out on, fribble, fullness, furuncle, gain, gain strength, gallant, gassiness, gear, genteel, gentleman, get ahead, get high on, glorious, glow, go pitapat, go up, goggle, grand, grand duke, grandee, grandiose, gravity wave, great, greaten, groovy, ground swell, grow, have the fidgets, have the shakes, hear, heave, heavy, heavy sea, heavy swell, hidalgo, hike, hike up, hill, hillock, hold, hot, huff, hummock, hunky-dory, imposing, impressive, increase, inflate, inflation, intensify, intensity, intumescence, ivories, jack-a-dandy, jackanapes, jam-up, jaunty, jerk, just dandy, keen, key signature, keyboard, keys, knob, knoll, lace-curtain, lady-killer, laird, landgrave, lead, lift, ligature, look big, lop, lord, lordling, loudishness, loudness, lounge lizard, lump, luxurious, macaroni, magnate, magnificent, magnifico, magnify, majestic, man-about-town, manual, margrave, mark, marquis, marvy, masher, master, mean, measure, meteorism, metronomic mark, modish, molehill, monticle, monticule, moor, mound, mount, multiply, mushroom, natty, neat, nifty, nob, nobby, noble, nobleman, notation, okay, optimate, organ manual, out of sight, overdevelop, overdistend, overdraw, overexpand, overextend, overstrain, overstretch, palatial, palpitate, palsgrave, pant, past master, patrician, pause, peachy, peachy-keen, peacock, peak, peal, pedals, peer, piano keys, pimple, plush, pock, pontificate, pooch, pop, popple, posh, pouch, pout, presa, princely, pro, proliferate, proud, puff, puff up, puffiness, puffing, pump, pump up, puppy, pustule, put on, put on airs, put on side, quake, quaver, quiver, raise, rarefy, rattle the windows, recherche, rend the air, rend the ears, resound, riffle, ring, ripping, ripple, rise, rise and fall, rising, ritz it, ritzy, rock the sky, roll, roller, rough water, round out, rum, run up, sand dune, scend, scrumptious, sea, sebaceous cyst, segno, seigneur, seignior, send, shake, sharp, shiver, shoot up, sign, signature, silk-stocking, slap-up, sleek, slur, smart, smash, smashing, smug, snazzy, snowball, soigne, soignee, solid, solo, something else, sonority, sonorousness, sophisticated, spark, spectacular, spiffing, spiffy, splendacious, splendid, splendiferous, split the eardrums, split the ears, sport, spread, spruce, squire, squirm, startle the echoes, stately, step up, strain, strengthen, stretch, stretching, stun, stunning, style-conscious, stylish, sufflate, sumptuous, super, superb, superfancy, superfine, surf, surge, surge of sound, swagger, swank, swanky, swell it, swell out, swell with emotion, swellage, swelling, swollenness, symbol, tempo mark, terrific, thoroughbred, thrill, thrill to, thrilling, throb, thunder, tidal bore, tidal wave, tide wave, tie, time signature, tingle, tingle with excitement, toss, toss and turn, tough, tremble, tricksy, trig, trim, trough, tsunami, tumble, tumefaction, tumefy, tumescence, tumidity, tumidness, tumor, turgescence, turgescency, turgidity, turgidness, turn on to, twist and turn, twitch, twitter, tympanism, tympany, undulate, undulation, up, upper-cruster, vinculum, viscount, volume, waldgrave, water wave, wave, wavelet, wax, well-dressed, well-groomed, wen, white horses, whitecaps, whiz, widen, wiggle, windiness, wizard, wonderful, wriggle, writhe

ROGET THESAURUS

swell

Feeling

VB feel, receive an impression, be impressed with, entertain feeling, harbor feeling, cherish feeling, respond, catch the flame, catch the infection, enter the spirit of, bear, suffer, support, sustain, endure, thole, aby, abide, experience, taste, prove, labor under, smart under, bear the brunt of, brave, stand, swell, glow, warm, flush, blush, change color, mantle, turn color, turn pale, turn red, turn black in the face, tingle, thrill, heave, pant, throb, palpitate, go pitapat, tremble, quiver, flutter, twitter, shake, be agitated, be excited, look blue, look black, wince, draw a deep breath, impress.

Fop

N fop, fine gentleman, swell, dandy, dandiprat, exquisite, coxcomb, beau, macaroni, blade, blood, buck, man about town, fast man, fribble, milliner, Jemmy Jessamy, carpet knight, masher, dude, fine lady, coquette, flirt, vamp.

Expansion

N expansion, increase of size, enlargement, extension, augmentation, amplification, ampliation, aggrandizement, spread, increment, growth, development, pullulation, swell, dilation, rarefaction, turgescence, turgidness, turgidity, dispansion, obesity, hydrocephalus, hydrophthalmus, dropsy, tumefaction, intumescence, swelling, tumor, diastole, distension, puffing, puffiness, inflation, pandiculation, dilatability, expansibility, germination, growth, upgrowth, accretion, budding, gemmation, overgrowth, overdistension, hypertrophy, tympany, bulb, plumper, superiority of size, big bang, Hubble constant, expanded larger, &c (large), swollen, expansive, wide open, wide spread, flabelliform, overgrown, exaggerated, bloated, fat, turgid, tumid, hypertrophied, dropsical, pot bellied, swag bellied, edematous, oedematous, obese, puffy, pursy, blowzy, bigswoln, distended, patulous, bulbous, full blown, full grown, full formed, big, abdominous, enchymatous, rhipidate, tumefacient, tumefying.

VB become larger &c (large), expand, widen, enlarge, extend, grow, increase, incrassate, swell, gather, fill out, deploy, take open order, dilate, stretch, distend, spread, mantle, wax, grow up, spring up, bud, bourgeon, shoot, sprout, germinate, put forth, vegetate, pullulate, open, burst forth, gain flesh, gather flesh, outgrow, spread like wildfire, overrun, be larger than, surpass, render larger &c (large), expand, spread, extend, aggrandize, distend, develop, amplify, spread out, widen, magnify, rarefy, inflate, puff, blow up, stuff, pad, cram, exaggerate, fatten.

Nobility

N nobility, rank, condition, distinction, optimacy, blood, pur sang, birth, high descent, order, quality, gentility, blue blood of Castile, ancien regime, high life, haute monde, upper classes, upper ten thousand, the four hundred, elite, aristocracy, great folks, fashionable world, peer, peerage, house of lords, house of peers, lords, lords temporal and spiritual, noblesse, noble, nobleman, lord, lordling, grandee, magnifico, hidalgo, daimio, daimyo, samurai, shizoku, don, donship, aristocrat, swell, three- tailed bashaw, gentleman, squire, squireen, patrician, laureate, gentry, gentlefolk, squirarchy, better sort magnates, primates, optimates, pantisocracy, king, atheling, prince, duke, marquis, marquisate, earl, viscount, baron, thane, banneret, baronet, baronetcy, knight, knighthood, count, armiger, laird, signior, seignior, esquire, boyar, margrave, vavasour, emir, ameer, scherif, sharif, effendi, wali, sahib, chevalier, maharaja, nawab, palsgrave, pasha, rajah, waldgrave, princess, begum, duchess, marchioness, countess, lady, dame, memsahib, Do$a, maharani, rani, personage of distinction, man of distinction, personage of rank, man of rank, personage of mark, man of mark, notables, notabilities, celebrity, bigwig, magnate, great man, star, superstar, big bug, big gun, great gun, gilded rooster, magni nominis umbra, every inch a king, noble, exalted, of rank, princely, titled, patrician, aristocratic, high-, well-born, of gentle blood, genteel, comme il faut, gentlemanlike, courtly, highly respectable, in high quarters, Adel sitzt im Gemuthe nicht im Gebluete, adelig und edel sind zweierlei, noblesse oblige.

Insolence

VB be insolent, bluster, vapor, swagger, swell, give oneself airs, snap one's fingers, kick up a dust, swear, rap out oaths, roister, arrogate, assume, presume, make bold, make free, take a liberty, give an inch and take an ell, domineer, bully, dictate, hector, lord it over, traiter de haut en bas, regarder de haut en bas, exact, snub, huff, beard, fly in the face of, put to the blush, bear down, beat down, browbeat, intimidate, trample down, tread down, trample under foot, dragoon, ride roughshod over, out face, outlook, outstare, outbrazen, outbrave, stare out of countenance, brazen out, lay down the law, teach one's grandmother to suck eggs, assume a lofty bearing, talk big, look big, put on big looks, act the grand seigneur, mount the high horse, ride the high horse, toss the head, carry, with a high hand, tempt Providence, want snuffing.

Convexity

N convexity, prominence, projection, swelling, gibbosity, bilge, bulge, protuberance, protrusion, camber, cahot, thank-ye-ma'am, swell, intumescence, tumour, tumor, tubercle, tuberosity, excrescence, hump, hunch, bunch, boss, embossment, hub, hubble, tooth, knob, elbow, process, apophysis, condyle, bulb, node, nodule, nodosity, tongue, dorsum, bump, clump, sugar loaf, bow, mamelon, molar, belly, corporation, pot belly, gut, withers, back, shoulder, lip, flange, pimple, zit, wen, wheel, papula, pustule, pock, proud flesh, growth, sarcoma, caruncle, corn, wart, pappiloma, furuncle, polypus, fungus, fungosity, exostosis, bleb, blister, blain, boil, airbubble, blob, papule, verruca, papilla, nipple, teat, tit, titty, boob, knocker, pap, breast, dug, mammilla, proboscis, nose, neb, beak, snout, nozzle, schnoz, peg, button, stud, ridge, rib, jutty, trunnion, snag, cupola, dome, arch, balcony, eaves, pilaster, relief, relievo, cameo, bassorilievo, mezzorilevo, altorivievo, low relief, bas relief, high relief, hill, cape, promontory, mull, forehead, foreland, point of land, mole, jetty, hummock, ledge, spur, naze, ness, convex, prominent, protuberant, projecting, bossed, embossed, bossy, nodular, bunchy, clavate, clavated, claviform, hummocky, moutonne, mammiliform, papulous, papilose, hemispheric, bulbous, bowed, arched, bold, bellied, tuberous, tuberculous, tumous, cornute, odontoid, lentiform, lenticular, gibbous, club shaped, hubby, hubbly, knobby, papillose, saddle-shaped, selliform, subclavate, torose, ventricose, verrucose, salient, in relief, raised, repousse, bloated, (expanded).

Approbation

VB approve, approbate, think good, think much of, think well of, think highly of, esteem, value, prize, set great store by, set great store on, do justice to, appreciate, honor, hold in esteem, look up to, admire, like, be in favor of, wish Godspeed, hail, hail with satisfaction, stand up for, stick up for, uphold, hold up, countenance, sanction, clap on the back, pat on the back, keep in countenance, indorse, give credit, recommend, mark with a white mark, mark with a stone, commend, belaud, praise, laud, compliment, pay a tribute, bepraise, clap the hands, applaud, cheer, acclamate, encore, panegyrize, eulogize, cry up, proner, puff, extol, extol to the skies, magnify, glorify, exalt, swell, make much of, flatter, bless, give a blessing to, have a good word for, say a good word for, speak well of, speak highly of, speak in high terms of, sing the praises of, sound the praises of, chaunt the praises of, resound the praises of, sing praises to, cheer to the echo, applaud to the echo, applaud to the very echo, cheer to the very echo, redound to the honor, redound to the praise, redound to the credit of, do credit to, deserve praise, recommend itself, pass muster, be praised, receive honorable mention, be in favor with, be in high favor with, ring with the praises of, win golden opinions, gain credit, find favor with, stand well in the opinion of, laudari a laudato viro.

River

N river, running water, jet, spirt, spurt, squirt, spout, spray, splash, rush, gush, jet d'eau, sluice, water spout, water fall, cascade, force, foss, lin, linn, ghyll, Niagara, cataract, rapids, white water, catadupe, cataclysm, debacle, inundation, deluge, chute, washout, rain, rainfall, serein, shower, scud, downpour, driving rain, drenching rain, cloudburst, hyetology, hyetography, predominance of Aquarius, reign of St. Swithin, mizzle, drizzle, stillicidum, plash, dropping, falling weather, northeaster, hurricane, typhoon, stream, course, flux, flow, profluence, effluence, defluxion, flowing, current, tide, race, coulee, spring, artesian well, fount, fountain, rill, rivulet, gill, gullet, rillet, streamlet, brooklet, branch, runnel, sike, burn, beck, creek, brook, bayou, stream, river, reach, tributary, geyser, spout, waterspout, body of water, torrent, rapids, flush, flood, swash, spring tide, high tide, full tide, bore, tidal bore, eagre, hygre, fresh, freshet, indraught, reflux, undercurrent, eddy, vortex, gurge, whirlpool, Maelstrom, regurgitation, overflow, confluence, corrivation, wave, billow, surge, swell, ripple, anerythmon gelasma, beach comber, riffle, rollers, ground swell, surf, breakers, white horses, whitecaps, rough sea, heavy sea, high seas, cross sea, long sea, short sea, chopping sea, hydrodynamics, hydraulics, hydraulicostatics, rain gauge, flowmeter, pegology, irrigation, pump, watering pot, watering cart, hydrant, syringe, garden hose, lawn spray, bhisti, mussuk, fluent, diffluent, profluent, affluent, tidal, flowing, meandering, meandry, meandrous, fluvial, fluviatile, streamy, showery, rainy, pluvial, stillicidous, stillatitious, for men may come and men may go but I go on foreve, that old man river, he just keeps rolling along.

Loudness

N loudness, power, loud noise, din, blare, clang, clangor, clatter, noise, bombilation, roar, uproar, racket, hubbub, bobbery, fracas, charivari, trumpet blast, flourish of trumpets, fanfare, tintamarre, peal, swell, blast, larum, boom, bang (explosion), resonance, vociferation, hullabaloo, lungs, Stentor, artillery, cannon, thunder, loud, sonorous, high-sounding, big-sounding, deep, full, powerful, noisy, blatant, clangorous, multisonous, thundering, deafening, trumpet-tongued, ear-splitting, ear-rending, ear-deafening, piercing, obstreperous, rackety, uproarious, enough to wake the dead, enough to wake seven sleepers, shrill &c 410 clamorous stentorian, stentorophonic, loudly, aloud, at the top of one's voice, at the top of one's lungs, lustily, in full cry, the air rings with, the deep dread-bolted thunder.

VB be loud, peal, swell, clang, boom, thunder, blare, fulminate, roar, resound, speak up, shout, bellow, rend the air, rend the skies, fill the air, din in the ear, ring in the ear, thunder in the ear, pierce the ears, split the ears, rend the ears, split the head, deafen, stun, faire le diable a quatre, make one's windows shake, rattle the windows, awaken the echoes, startle the echoes, wake the dead.

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