Synonyms for inflation
ɪnˈfleɪ ʃənin·fla·tion

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1. inflationnoun

   Antonyms:
   deflation

2. inflationnoun

   The inflation of the balloon took five hours.

   Antonyms:
   deflation

3. inflationnoun

   Antonyms:
   deflation

4. inflationnoun

   Antonyms:
   deflation

5. inflationnoun

   Antonyms:
   deflation

6. inflationnoun

   Antonyms:
   deflation

7. inflationnoun

   Antonyms:
   deflation

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1. inflation, rising pricesnoun

   a general and progressive increase in prices

   "in inflation everything gets more valuable except money"

   Synonyms:
   puffiness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, ostentation, splashiness, ostentatiousness, rising prices

   Antonyms:
   deflation, disinflation

2. inflationnoun

   (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang

   Synonyms:
   puffiness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, ostentation, splashiness, ostentatiousness, rising prices

   Antonyms:
   disinflation, deflation

3. ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness, inflationnoun

   lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

   Synonyms:
   swelling, puffiness, fanfare, pomposity, flash, pretension, rising prices, largeness, pretentiousness, ostentation, splashiness, lump, ostentatiousness, pompousness

   Antonyms:
   deflation, disinflation

4. inflationnoun

   the act of filling something with air

   Synonyms:
   puffiness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, ostentation, splashiness, ostentatiousness, rising prices

   Antonyms:
   deflation, disinflation

Matched Categories

1. • Cosmology
   • Expansion
   • Explosion
   • Inelegance

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. inflationnoun

   Synonyms:
   swelling (by air), distention, expansion, blowing up

2. inflationnoun

   Synonyms:
   conceit, conceitedness, self-conceit, self-sufficiency, self-complacency

3. inflationnoun

   Synonyms:
   increase, enlargement

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1. inflationnoun

   Synonyms:
   distention, expansion

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1. List of paraphrases for "inflation":

   inflationary, inflation, inflator, swelling

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How to use inflation in a sentence?

1. The SLF official:

   Inflation is cutting across most demographic and income groups. Everybody fills up their gas tank, everybody goes to the grocery store, and they are seeing these price increases affect their budgets in real time.

2. Kenny Polcari:

   Inflation is strong and has not peaked, so Fed Chair Jerome Powell is backed into a corner, they should have been more aggressive earlier in the process.

3. Saira Malik:

   A similar rate shock looks unlikely in the near term for a number of reasons : Much of the bad news( Fed hikes, inflation) has already been priced in.

4. England Deputy Governor Minouche Shafik:

   If you take out those temporary external factors, the underlying core inflation is not that low.

5. Doug McMillon:

   While we've experienced high levels of inflation in our international markets over the years, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon inflation being this high and moving so quickly, both in food and general merchandise, is unusual, we'll control what we can control, reduce our inventory level and keep prices as low as we can.