Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ballooning

1 sense of ballooning

Sense 1
ballooning -- (flying in a balloon)
       => flight, flying -- (an instance of traveling by air; "flying was still an exciting adventure for him")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb balloon

2 senses of balloon

Sense 1
balloon -- (ride in a hot-air balloon; "He tried to balloon around the earth but storms forced him to land in China")
       => fly, aviate, pilot -- (operate an airplane; "The pilot flew to Cuba")

Sense 2
balloon, inflate, billow -- (become inflated; "The sails ballooned")
       => expand -- (become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly")