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

4 senses of billow

Sense 1
billow, wallow -- (rise up as if in waves; "smoke billowed up into the sky")
       => soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom -- (rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yen")

Sense 2
billow -- (move with great difficulty; "The soldiers billowed across the muddy riverbed")
       => travel, go, move, locomote -- (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast")

Sense 3
billow, surge, heave -- (rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward")
       => inflate, blow up -- (fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons")

Sense 4
balloon, inflate, billow -- (become inflated; "The sails ballooned")
       => expand -- (become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly")

Antonyms of adj billowing

1 sense of billowing

Sense 1
billowy, billowing (prenominal), surging -- (characterized by great swelling waves or surges; "billowy storm clouds"; "the restless billowing sea"; "surging waves")

INDIRECT (VIA stormy) -> calm -- ((of weather) free from storm or wind; "calm seas")

Similarity of adj billowing

1 sense of billowing

Sense 1
billowy, billowing (prenominal), surging -- (characterized by great swelling waves or surges; "billowy storm clouds"; "the restless billowing sea"; "surging waves")
       => stormy (vs. calm) -- ((especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion; "a stormy day"; "wide and stormy seas")