Synonyms for balloon
bəˈlunbal·loon

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1. balloonnoun

   Such an object designed to transport people through the air.

   Synonyms:
   hot-air balloon, montgolfier

2. balloonnoun

   A speech bubble.

   Synonyms:
   speech bubble, fumetto

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1. balloonnoun

   large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air

2. balloonverb

   small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck

3. balloonverb

   ride in a hot-air balloon

   "He tried to balloon around the earth but storms forced him to land in China"

   Synonyms:
   billow, inflate

4. balloon, inflate, billowverb

   become inflated

   "The sails ballooned"

   Synonyms:
   blow up, amplify, heave, inflate, wallow, expand, surge, billow

Matched Categories

1. • Expand
   • Fly
   • Lighter-than-air Craft

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1. balloonnoun

   Synonyms:
   aërostat

2. balloonnoun

   Synonyms:
   Montgolfier (hot-air balloon)

   Associated words:
   parachute, inflate, inflation, deflate, deflation, dirigible

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1. List of paraphrases for "balloon":

   ball, ballon, balloons, globe, flask, football, dirigible, zeppelin

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1. Wendy Murphy:

   They might be using the high-profile nature of the proceeding to continue to build a narrative in the court of public opinion, the defense could have information that we haven't heard yet that they want to play out in sort of a trial balloon sense. What would the public reaction be to new information about motive and so forth?

2. Antony Blinken:

   I made clear that the presence of this surveillance balloon in US airspace is a clear violation of US sovereignty and international law, that it’s an irresponsible act and that the PRC (People’s Republic of China) decision to take this action on the eve of my planned visit is detrimental to the substantive discussions that we were prepared to have.

3. Sarah Elliott:

   I think whenever his detractors go after him, it makes him double down and it actually encourages him to keep going and prove everybody wrong, so I think that's the effect the balloon will have.

4. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images Biden:

   The idea shooting down a balloon that’s gathering information over America and that makes relations worse? i made it real clear to Xi Jinping that we’re going to compete fully with China, but we’re not looking for conflict. That’s been the case so far.

5. Aurora Pryor:

   You can easily have a balloon put in and go to work the same day with Obalon, which you wouldn’t be able to do with the other two.