Definition for Swell:

• become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger; " The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"

Synonyms for Swell:

• adj.

  •acceptable (adjective)
  • okay.
  •fashionable (adjective)
  • stylish.

• n.

  •fashion plate (noun)
  • clotheshorse.
  •fop (noun)
  • blood,
  • beau,
  • blade,
  • socialite,
  • gallant,
  • fop,
  • beauty,
  • dude,
  • cavalier.

• v.

  •amplify (verb)
  • lengthen,
  • develop,
  • widen.
  •expand (verb)
  • engorge,
  • expand,
  • distend,
  • increment,
  • extend,
  • burgeon.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • ripping.
  •
  • fine.
  •
  • glorious,
  • splendid.
  •
  • hot.
  •billow
  • puff up.
  •nobleman
  • aristocrat.
  •Other relevant words:
  • brahmin,
  • but good,
  • carpet knight,
  • swelling,
  • fill out,
  • superb,
  • swank,
  • macaroni,
  • roll,
  • huff,
  • grand,
  • jackanapes,
  • brahman,
  • grandiose,
  • put on side,
  • magnificent,
  • neat,
  • put up a front,
  • puppy,
  • peachy,
  • Crackajack,
  • undulation,
  • toss,
  • coxcomb,
  • Jack-a-dandy,
  • patrician,
  • bully,
  • solid,
  • ace-high,
  • great,
  • give oneself airs,
  • bang-up,
  • keen,
  • kayo,
  • slap-up,
  • sport,
  • upper-cruster,
  • put on,
  • blue blood,
  • mound,
  • exquisite,
  • rum,
  • jam-up,
  • thoroughbred.

Paraphrases for Swell:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    swelling.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    wave.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    wonderful.
  • Proper noun, singular
    leaps, mounts.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    well, wonderful, smashing, slope.
  • Interjection
    demonstrators, formidable.
  • Verb, base form
    inflate, expand, boost, fill, enlarge, wonderful.

• Other Related

  • Interjection
    wonderful.
  • Verb, base form
    blow.

Antonyms for Swell:

• adj.

  • acceptable
    disturbing, unacceptable, unwelcome, disagreeable, unsatisfactory.
  • agreeable
    hateful, unpleasant, mean, harsh, offensive, distasteful, nasty, discordant.
  • amiable
    quarrelsome, unfriendly, rude, irritable, testy, gloomy, surly, crabby.
  • swell
    bad, horrible.
  • Other antonyms:
    atrocious, awful, mussy, outmoded, sloppy, sleazy, tasteless, inelegant, dowdy, unstylish, low-grade, slovenly, styleless, rotten, rumpled, wrinkled, pathetic, trashy, unfashionable, messy, tacky, out, uncool, terrible, Unhandsome, vile, unkempt, untidy, execrable, frowsy, cheesy, shabby, unbecoming, graceless, disheveled, unattractive.

• n.

  • swell
    decline, decrease.

• v.

  • abound
    lack, need, fail, want, short, deficient.
  • accumulate
    lessen, waste, lose, dwindle, squander, dissipate, spend, disperse.
  • amplify
    curtail, reduce, condense, summarize, shorten, abridge.
  • swell
    concentrate, contract, shrink, compress.

Homophones for Swell:

• sego lily, slaw, swahili, sea lily, silly, solely, silo, scilla, skull, sally, shelley, sequella, sea kale, sickle, shallu, sage willow, seckel, squiggle, salai, sea swallow, squilla, squill, sea holly, shale oil, suckle, scaly, secale, saul, scowl, sloe, shell, squally, squeal, Sea Cole, sickly, Sei Whale, slay, Sea Squill, sill, seel, skysail, sexual, sale, shawl, scull, scheele, saccule, solea, sail, seawall, sol, sallow, sea gull, Swale, swill, shyly, sea coal, squall, salol, shockley, sly, shill, salal, sex cell, segal, sisal, seal oil, skill, seseli, saxicola, seoul, social, shigella, shallow, slowly, sully, shiloh, skilly, swizzle, sequel, socle, shawwal, sial, sizzle, sagely, scaley, szell, salaah, swallow, shillalah, seagull, salah, seal, sea eagle, sialia, shoaly, sessile, sole, sky glow, squiggly, showily, sewellel, sulla, slow, swallow hole, soul, sicily, sequela, shale, solo, shekel, soil, shoal, shackle, sick call, sicilia, slue, slyly, scale, sle, saucily, sell, SL, sula, saale, scheol, slew, school, scylla, seashell, sagaciously.

Hypernym for Swell:

• v.

  • change
    bulge, bulk, tumefy, bloat.

Hyponym for Swell:

• n.

  • attribute
    crescendo.
  • object
    elevation, natural elevation.

• v.

  • change
    grow, increase.
  • social
    behave, act, DO.