Synonyms for tumid
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Swollen — swollen, enlarged, bulging
swollen, turgid, distended, inflated, puffy, pompous, tumescent, protuberant, blown, bloated, puffed up, turgescent, puffed, bollen, bulled, intumescent, farced, extuberant dated
2. Bombastic
bombastic, rhetorical, orotund, large, stilted, declamatory, pretentious, highfalutin
3. Grandiloquent — pompous, bombastic
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Swollen, enlarged, bulging.
- adj. 2
Cancerous, unhealthy.
- adj. 3
Pompous, bombastic.
Example sentences
- swollen You have a cold and your lymph nodes are swollen.
- inflated Have you ever inflated a balloon as big as this one?
- turgid He pressed his turgid sex against the center of her womanhood.
- rhetorical A rhetorical question does not require an answer.
- bombastic I don't usually like bombastic music.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| tumid | falling | |
| swollen | rising | |
| inflated | falling | |
| turgid | falling | |
| distended | steady | |
| rhetorical | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- sick1
- 5 letters
- large1, blown1, erect2, puffy2
- 6 letters
- unwell2, puffed1, turgid2, bollen2, bulled, farced
- 7 letters
- swollen2, bloated2, pompous2, stilted2, orotund
- 8 letters
- inflated3
- 9 letters
- bombastic3, distended3, tumescent3
- 10 letters
- rhetorical4, turgescent, extuberant
- 11 letters
- pretentious3, declamatory, highfalutin4, protuberant, intumescent
- 12 letters
- magniloquent
- 13 letters
- grandiloquent4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (erect2 = 2 syllables).