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Synonyms for tumescent

Most common

swollen puffy turgid distended stiff

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Swollen or distended with fluid, as of erectile tissue.

Related words

Word family
tumor tumult

Example sentences

  • swollen You have a cold and your lymph nodes are swollen.
  • puffy Have you been crying all night? Your eyes are all puffy.
  • turgid He pressed his turgid sex against the center of her womanhood.
  • stiff He's nothing special. Just another working stiff.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
tumescentrising
swollenrising
puffyrising
turgidfalling
distendedsteady
stiffrising

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

By length

5 letters
stiff1, puffy2, tumid
6 letters
turgid2
7 letters
swollen2, bloated2
8 letters
inflated3
9 letters
overblown3, distended3
10 letters
turgescent
11 letters
intumescent

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

In other languages

Français
tumescent