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

1 sense of belly

Sense 1
belly, belly out -- (swell out or bulge out)
       => swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce -- (expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling")

Antonyms of adj bellying

1 sense of bellying

Sense 1
bellied, bellying, bulbous, bulging, bulgy, protuberant -- (curving outward)

INDIRECT (VIA protrusive) -> intrusive -- (thrusting inward; "an intrusive arm of the sea")

Similarity of adj bellying

1 sense of bellying

Sense 1
bellied, bellying, bulbous, bulging, bulgy, protuberant -- (curving outward)
       => protrusive (vs. intrusive) -- (thrusting outward)

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