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Antonyms of verb inflate

3 of 5 senses of inflate

Sense 2
inflate, blow up -- (fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons")
       Antonym of deflate (Sense 6)
      => deflate -- (become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air; "The balloons deflated")

Sense 3
inflate -- (cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit; "The war inflated the economy")
       Antonym of deflate (Sense 4)
      => deflate -- (produce deflation in; "The new measures deflated the economy")

Sense 4
inflate -- (increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value; "inflate the currency")
       Antonym of deflate (Sense 5)
      => deflate -- (reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices; "deflate the currency")

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

5 senses of inflate

Sense 1
inflate, blow up, expand, amplify -- (exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated")
       => increase -- (make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted")

Sense 2
inflate, blow up -- (fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons")
       => expand -- (make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity; "expand the house by adding another wing")

Sense 3
inflate -- (cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit; "The war inflated the economy")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")

Sense 4
inflate -- (increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value; "inflate the currency")
       => reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down -- (cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits")

Sense 5
balloon, inflate, billow -- (become inflated; "The sails ballooned")
       => expand -- (become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly")


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