Synonyms for swollen

Most common

puffy · distended · turgid · bloated · proud · swollen-headed

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

Antonyms

shrivelled, shrunken, deflated

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Definitions

1. adj. 1

   Protuberant or abnormally distended (as by injury or disease).

Example sentences

• bloated I feel bloated after eating a plate of Pad Thai.
• puffy Have you been crying all night? Your eyes are all puffy.
• turgid He pressed his turgid sex against the center of her womanhood.
• conceited Mary told Tom that she thought John was conceited.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters

vain¹

5 letters

proud¹, puffy², tumid

6 letters

turgid²

7 letters

bloated², pompous²

8 letters

inflated³

9 letters

conceited³, distended³, egotistic, tumescent³

10 letters

extuberant

11 letters

egotistical⁵, protuberant, intumescent

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (puffy² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

gonflé

Italiano

gonfiato

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