Definition for Puff up:

• ( B.) To inflate.

Synonyms for Puff up:

• n.

  •
  • invade,
  • contract,
  • have,
  • afflict,
  • catch,
  • get,
  • develop,
  • go down with,
  • come down with,
  • suffer.
  •blow up (noun)
  • blow.
  •puff out (noun)
  • puff out.

• v.

  •acclaim (verb)
  • honor,
  • celebrate,
  • boost,
  • root,
  • hail,
  • push,
  • stroke,
  • exalt,
  • approve,
  • salute,
  • recommend,
  • cheer,
  • applaud,
  • rave,
  • clap,
  • eulogize.
  •billow (verb)
  • pitch,
  • ripple,
  • belly,
  • rock,
  • undulate,
  • heave,
  • rise and fall,
  • wave,
  • bulge,
  • bounce,
  • roll,
  • toss,
  • ebb and flow,
  • rise up.
  •bloat (verb)
  • bilge,
  • dilate,
  • billow,
  • enlarge.
  •blow up (verb)
  • pump up.
  •change (verb)
  • puff up.
  •commend (verb)
  • countenance,
  • build up,
  • build,
  • endorse,
  • acclaim,
  • support,
  • advocate,
  • accredit,
  • sanction.
  •compliment (verb)
  • please,
  • felicitate,
  • Panegyrize,
  • glorify,
  • charm,
  • toast,
  • commemorate,
  • congratulate,
  • adulate,
  • satisfy,
  • worship,
  • cajole,
  • butter up.
  •expand (verb)
  • unfurl,
  • stretch,
  • fatten,
  • thicken,
  • prolong,
  • tack on,
  • multiply,
  • diffuse,
  • explicate,
  • increase,
  • open,
  • piggyback,
  • detail,
  • protract,
  • mushroom,
  • pad,
  • lengthen,
  • aggrandize,
  • stretch out,
  • grow,
  • wax,
  • spread,
  • widen,
  • mount,
  • hike,
  • pyramid,
  • beef up,
  • soup up,
  • heighten,
  • elaborate,
  • fill out,
  • fan out,
  • bolster,
  • bulk up,
  • unfold,
  • outspread,
  • slap on,
  • embellish,
  • open out,
  • unravel,
  • spread out,
  • broaden,
  • upsurge,
  • burgeon,
  • unroll.
  •extol (verb)
  • hymn,
  • bless.
  •fill (verb)
  • stuff,
  • pack,
  • charge,
  • lade,
  • choke,
  • overflow,
  • cram,
  • sate,
  • supply,
  • satiate,
  • clog,
  • furnish,
  • fulfill,
  • crowd,
  • gorge,
  • saturate,
  • pervade,
  • replenish,
  • heap,
  • permeate,
  • ram,
  • block,
  • congest,
  • close,
  • top,
  • plug,
  • shoal,
  • load,
  • jam-pack,
  • stopper,
  • meet,
  • take up,
  • impregnate,
  • stock,
  • store.
  •pride (verb)
  • strut,
  • revel in,
  • brag,
  • gasconade,
  • exult,
  • boast,
  • flatter oneself,
  • preen,
  • presume,
  • overbear,
  • glory in,
  • pique,
  • vaunt,
  • be proud,
  • plume,
  • crow,
  • prance,
  • hold head high,
  • swagger.
  •swell (verb)
  • pouch,
  • extend,
  • protrude,
  • intensity,
  • pout,
  • accumulate,
  • blister,
  • add to,
  • plump,
  • rise,
  • surge.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • distend,
  • scale up,
  • magnification,
  • bulk out.
  •billow
  • Undulating,
  • waving,
  • rising up,
  • bellied,
  • rises up,
  • bellying.
  •blow up
  • pumping up,
  • pumped up.
  •expand
  • fanning out,
  • spreads out,
  • upsurging,
  • thickening,
  • diffuses,
  • piggybacks,
  • unfurled,
  • opened out,
  • slapped on,
  • stretches out,
  • Widened,
  • spreading out,
  • opening out,
  • expanding,
  • diffusing,
  • upsurged,
  • piggybacking,
  • unfurls,
  • outspreading,
  • diffused,
  • stretched out,
  • souped up.
  •pride
  • Preened,
  • over-bear,
  • overborne,
  • overbears.

Antonyms for Puff up:

• v.

  • acclaim
    criticize, denounce, berate, discourage, refuse, condemn, vituperate, reproach, censure, blame, dishonor, dissuade, damn, disapprove.
  • billow
    stabilize, shrink.
  • bloat
    lower, lessen, deflate, reduce, abridge, tighten, contract, compress, shrivel.
  • blow up
    ignore, let out, let go, be calm.
  • commend
    reject, decrease, rebuke, prevent, reprimand, deny, keep, oppose.
  • compliment
    libel, shame, forget, depress, upset, repel, complain, displease, insult, debase, worry, castigate, humiliate, disrespect, anger, neglect, slander.
  • expand
    restrict, stop, hide, end, thin, simplify, curtail, fall, narrow, diminish, withhold, close, hinder, halt, abbreviate, shorten, tangle.
  • fill
    spend, dissatisfy, deprive, empty, diet, open, fail, use up, unblock, deplete, abstain, use, waste, miss, Unstop, release, exhaust, take, drain, void, fast.
  • inflate
    weaken, let air out, play down.
  • magnify
    miniaturize.
  • pride
    humble, be modest, deprecate.
  • swell
    drop, decline, slump, concentrate, lose, condense.

Hyponym for Puff up:

• v.

  • change
    amplify, expand, blow up, inflate.
  • communication
    praise.