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Inflation (Noun)

Meaning 1

The act of filling something with air.

Classification

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

Antonyms

  • Deflation

Hypernyms

  • Enlargement

Related Words

  • Inflate (verb)

Meaning 2

(cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang.

Classification

Nouns denoting natural events.

Hypernyms

  • Detonation
  • Blowup

Meaning 3

A general and progressive increase in prices; "in inflation everything gets more valuable except money".

Classification

Nouns denoting natural processes.

Synonyms

  • Rising Prices

Antonyms

  • Deflation
  • Disinflation

Related Words

  • Inflationary (adjective)
  • Inflate (verb)

Meaning 4

Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity.

Classification

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.

Synonyms

  • Ostentation
  • Pompousness
  • Ostentatiousness
  • Pretentiousness
  • Pomposity
  • Puffiness
  • Splashiness

Hypernyms

  • Inelegance
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