Antonyms of noun inflation

2 of 4 senses of inflation

Sense 1
inflation, rising prices -- (a general and progressive increase in prices; "in inflation everything gets more valuable except money")
       Antonym of deflation (Sense 2)
      => deflation -- (a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices)
       Antonym of disinflation (Sense 1)
      => disinflation -- (a reduction of prices intended to improve the balance of payments)

Sense 4
inflation -- (the act of filling something with air)
       Antonym of deflation (Sense 3)
      => deflation -- (the act of letting the air out of something)

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

4 senses of inflation

Sense 1
inflation, rising prices -- (a general and progressive increase in prices; "in inflation everything gets more valuable except money")
       => economic process -- (any process affecting the production and development and management of material wealth)

Sense 2
inflation -- ((cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang)
       => explosion, detonation, blowup -- (a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction)

Sense 3
ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness, inflation -- (lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity)
       => inelegance -- (the quality of lacking refinement and good taste)

Sense 4
inflation -- (the act of filling something with air)
       => expansion, enlargement -- (the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope)