Synonyms for intumescence
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Noun
1. Swelling — the process of swelling up or the condition of being swollen
swelling, bloating, turgescence, distension, tumescence, turgidity, tumidity, swellage, swollenness, bloatedness, inturgescence dated
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Definitions
- n. 1
The process of swelling up or the condition of being swollen.
Related words
- Word family
- intumescent
Forms
- Plural
- intumescences → swellings, bloatings, turgescences, distensions…
Example sentences
- swelling You may have swelling, but don't worry about it.
- bloating I must move otherwise I'll have bloating!
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| intumescence | falling | |
| swelling | steady | |
| bloating | rising | |
| distension | steady | |
| turgescence | falling | |
| incrassation | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- swelling2, bloating2, tumidity, swellage
- 9 letters
- turgidity
- 10 letters
- distension, tumescence
- 11 letters
- turgescence, swollenness, bloatedness3
- 12 letters
- incrassation
- 13 letters
- inturgescence
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (swelling2 = 2 syllables).