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swelladjective of the very best kindwhat a swell time we had at the country club dance A-OK, A1, awesome, bang-up, banner, beautiful, blue-chip, blue-ribbon, boffo, bonny(also bonnie, chiefly British), boss(slang), brag, brave, bully, bumper, capital, choice, classic, cool(slang), corking, crackerjack, cracking, dandy, divine, dope(slang), down(slang), dynamite, excellent, fab, fabulous, famous, fantabulous(slang), fantastic, fine, first-class, first-rate, first-string, five-star, four-star, frontline, gangbusters(also gangbuster), gilt-edged(or gilt-edge), gone(slang), grand, great, groovy, heavenly, high-class, hot, hype(slang), immense, jim-dandy, keen, lovely, marvelous(or marvellous), mean, neat, nifty, noble, number one(also No. 1), numero uno, out-of-sight(slang), par excellence, peachy, peachy keen, phat(slang), prime, primo(slang), prize, prizewinning, quality, radical(slang), righteous(slang), sensational, slick, splendid, stellar, sterling, superb, superior, superlative, supernal, terrific, tip-top, top, top-notch, top-of-the-line, top-shelf, topflight, topping(chiefly British), unsurpassed, wizard(chiefly British), wonderful acceptable, adequate, all right, decent, good, OK(or okay), passable, satisfactory, tolerablebetter, exceptional, fancy, high-grade, high-test, premium, select, special, superfineclassical, standard, traditional out of this world, too much atrocious, awful, execrable, lousy, pathetic, poor, rotten, terrible, vile, wretched bad, inferior, low-grade, substandard, unsatisfactorymediocre, middling, second-class, second-rate being in the latest or current fashionin its heyday as a summer resort, the town was known for its swanky hotels and swell restaurants à la mode(also a la mode), au courant, chic, cool(slang), exclusive, fashionable, fresh(slang), happening, hip, in, modish, sharp, smart, snappy, stylish, supercool, swish, trendy, voguish downtown, edgy, funkydapper, dashing, dressy, kicky, natty, rakish, sassy, saucy, spiffy, sprucechichi, classy, flossy, haute(also haut), nobby, posh, ritzy, soigné(or soignée), swank(or swanky)elegant, graceful, handsome, majestic, refined, sophisticated, stately, tasteful, understateddoggish, doggy, flashy, gallantdandyish, dudish, foppishultrachic, ultracool, ultrahip, ultraposh, ultrasmart, ultrasophisticated dowdy, out, outmoded, styleless, unchic, uncool, unfashionable, unmodish, unstylish cheesy, tacky, unattractive, unbecominggraceless, inelegant, tasteless, trashy, unhandsomefrowsy(or frowzy), sloppy, slovenly, unkempt, untidydisheveled(or dishevelled), messy, mussy, rumpled, wrinkledshabby, sleazy swellverbto become greater in extent, volume, amount, or numberthe club membership has really swelled in recent months accelerate, accumulate, appreciate, balloon, boom, build up, burgeon(also bourgeon), climb, enlarge, escalate, expand, gain, increase, mount, multiply, mushroom, proliferate, rise, roll up, snowball, spread, wax jump, rocket, skyrocket, surgeheighten, intensify, redoubleblow up, bulk, distend, inflate, puff (up)crescendo, crest, peak contract, decrease, diminish, dwindle, lessen, recede, wane to make greater in size, amount, or numbermore layoffs will swell the ranks of the unemployed to unprecedented levels accelerate, add (to), aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, build up, compound, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, hype, increase, multiply, pump up, raise, stoke, supersize, up boom, jump, skyrocket, spikebump (up), ratchet (up)also rachet (up)blow up, dilate, distend, inflatedraw out, elongate, flesh (out), lengthen, prolong, protract, stretchdevelop, enhance, heighten, intensify, magnifycomplement, supplementbeef (up), reinforce(also reenforce), strengthenmaximizeaccumulate, amass, collectfollow up, parlay abate, decrease, de-escalate, diminish, downsize, dwindle, lessen, lower, minify, reduce, subtract (from) abbreviate, abridge, curtail, shortencompress, condense, constrict, contractcut back, retrench to extend outward beyond a usual pointat that point the Congo River swells and forms Malebo Pool bag, balloon, beetle, belly, billow, bulge, bunch, jut, overhang, poke, pooch(chiefly dialect), pouch, pout, project, protrude, stand out, start, stick out domeblow up, inflatedilate, distend, expandmushroom, snowballelongate, extend, lengthen, stretch compress, condense, constrict, contract, shrink swellnouna part that sticks out from the general mass of somethingthe graceful swell of the bottle was meant to be evocative of the female figure bulge, bunch, convexity, jut, overhang, projection, protrusion, protuberance domeblob, bump, dilatation, gibbosity, hump, knob, knot, knurl, lump, nub, obtrusion, puff, snag, swellingblock, piece, portion, sectionenlargement, escalation, expansion, increasehill, mound cavity, concave, concavity, dent, depression, dint, hollow, indent, indentation, indenture, pit, recess crater, hole, wellbasin, bowl, dip, valleyfurrow, groove, trench, troughdimple, gouge, impression, notch, pocket a moving ridge on the surface of waterhuge swells overwhelmed the tiny craft v.expand, amplify, swell, distend, inflate, dilate mean to increase in size or volume.expand may apply regardless of the manner of increase (such as growth, unfolding, addition of parts).a business that expands every year amplify implies the extension or enlargement of something inadequate.amplify the statement with details swell implies gradual expansion beyond a thing's original or normal limits.the bureaucracy swelled to unmanageable proportions distend implies outward extension caused by pressure from within.a distended abdomen inflate implies expanding by introduction of air or something insubstantial and suggests a vulnerability to sudden collapse.an inflated ego dilate applies especially to expansion of circumference.dilated pupils before the 12th century |