BALLOONS Synonyms

• a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon

• any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low)

• a steerable self-propelled aircraft

• capable of being steered or directed

• a large rigid dirigible designed to carry passengers or bombs

• German inventor who designed and built the first rigid motorized dirigible (1838-1917)

• a complete payment consisting of a single sum of money

• a large sea wave

• rise up as if in waves

• move with great difficulty

• rise and move, as in waves or billows

• become inflated

• exaggerate or make bigger

• fill with gas or air

• cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit

• increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value

• become inflated

• in cartooning, a rounded outline containing words.