Balloon synonyms

bə-lo͝on'

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captive balloon
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aircraft
A machine or device, such as an airplane, helicopter, glider, or dirigible, capable of atmospheric flight.
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project
Project is defined as to cause an image to appear on a surface or to propose or calculate something for the future.
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lighter-than-air craft
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airship
A self-propelled lighter-than-air craft with directional control surfaces.
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weather-balloon
A balloon used to carry instruments aloft to gather meteorological data in the atmosphere.
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dirigible
An airship; esp., a zeppelin
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nondirigible aerostat
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montgolfier
A hot-air balloon.
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kite balloon
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toy balloon
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zeppelin
Alternative capitalization of zeppelin.
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observation balloon
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barrage-balloon
Any of a number of anchored balloons with cables or nets attached for entangling low-flying attacking airplanes
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radar balloon
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blimp
An airship constructed with a non-rigid lifting agent container.
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bag
A suitcase.
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sausage
Pork or other meat, chopped fine, highly seasoned, and either stuffed into membranous casings of varying size, as bologna or salami, or made into patties for cooking
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gasbag
(Slang) One given to empty or boastful talk.
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zep
Led Zeppelin, an English rock group most active in the 1970s and late 1960s.
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bloat
Bloat is defined as to swell with air, water or pride.
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swell-up
(Idiomatic) To become swollen
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expand
To enlarge upon (a topic, idea, etc.); develop in detail
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inflate (related)
To enlarge an object by pushing air (a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
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billow
To swell out or bulge:
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distend
To cause to expand, especially from internal pressure; dilate:
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swell
To increase in size or volume as a result of internal pressure; expand.
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beetle
To move or run hastily; scurry; scuttle
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belly
To swell out; curve out; bulge
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bulge
To swell, protrude, or curve outward:
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jut
Jut is defined as to stick out.
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overhang
To loom over; threaten
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pouch
To form a pouch or pouchlike cavity
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protrude
To extend from, above or beyond a surface or boundary; to bulge outward; to stick out.
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protuberate
(Rare) To cause to bulge outward.
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stand out
(Intransitive, idiomatic) To be obvious or conspicuous, in contrast to one's surroundings.
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stick out
To persist. See stick it out.
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convex (related)
Curving outward, like the outer boundary of a circle or sphere.
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helium-filled (related)
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baloon (related)
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ballons (related)
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balloons (related)
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hot-air (related)
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helium (related)
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ballon (related)
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extinguisher-shaped (related)
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hydrogen-filled (related)
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free balloon
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