swell synonyms

swell*

modif.

first-rate, desirable, fine; see excellent.

swell

v.

dilate, expand, distend, increase, enlarge, grow, grow larger, puff up, be inflated, become larger, bulge, balloon, puff, inflate, bulge out, blister, plump, round out, fill out, tumefy, become tumid, become swollen. See syn. study at expand.expand.

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