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Showing words for INFLATE using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Inflate

inflate

6 Letter Words for Inflate

entail, fetial, filate, finale, finlet, flaite, infelt, leafit, tenail, tineal

5 Letter Words for Inflate

aleft, alfet, alfin, alien, aliet, alife, alite, altin, anile, anlet, elain, elfin, elint, enlit, ental, entia, faine, faint, fanit, fatil, feint, fetal, fiant, fient, filea, filet, final, flain, flane, flint, flite, inlet, intel, laeti, laine, laten, latin, lenti, liane, lifen, linea, nifle, telia, tenai, tenia, tenla, tinea

4 Letter Words for Inflate

aiel, aile, aine, aint, alef, alen, alif, alin, anet, anil, ante, anti, atef, atle, atli, eila, elan, etna, fail, fain, fait, fane, fant, fate, feal, feat, feil, felt, feni, fent, feta, fiat, fiel, fila, file, filt, fine, flan, flat, flea, flet, flit, ilea, infl, inta, intl, ital, itel, laen, laet, laft, lain, lait, lane, lant, late, lati, leaf, lean, leat, left, lena, lent, lief, lien, life, lift, lina, line, lint, lite, nael, naif, nail, nale, natl, neaf, neal, neat, neif, neti, nief, nife, nile, tael, taen, tail, tain, tale, tali, tane, teal, tean, teil, tela, teli, tien, tile, tine

3 Letter Words for Inflate

aft, ail, ain, ait, ale, alf, aln, alt, ane, ant, ate, ean, eat, efl, eft, ela, elf, eli, elt, enl, eta, fan, fat, fei, fen, fet, fie, fil, fin, fit, flt, ife, ile, inf, int, ita, lai, lan, lat, lea, lei, let, lie, lif, lin, lit, nae, naf, nat, nea, nef, nei, net, nie, nil, nit, tai, tal, tan, tea, tef, tel, ten, tie, til, tin, tln

Definitions for Inflate

[1] to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
[2] to cause to expand or distend with air or gas: to inflate a balloon.
[3] to puff up with pride, satisfaction, etc.
[4] to elate.
[5] Economics . to expand (money, prices, an economy, etc.) unduly in amount, value, or size; affect with inflation.
[6] to become inflated.
[7] to increase, especially suddenly and substantially: The $10 subscription has inflated to $25.
[8] to expand or cause to expand by filling with gas or air she needed to inflate the tyres
[9] (tr) to cause to increase excessively; puff up; swell to inflate one's opinion of oneself
[10] (tr) to cause inflation of (prices, money, etc)
[11] (tr) to raise in spirits; elate
[12] (intr) to undergo economic inflation

Words related to Inflate

widen, magnify, augment, bloat, escalate, exaggerate, enlarge, pad, boost, expand, overestimate, maximize, distend, pyramid, raise, aerate, dilate, stretch, balloon, exalt

Words nearby Inflate

inflammatory lymph, inflammatory papillary hyperplasia, inflammatory pseudotumor, inflammatory rheumatism, inflatable, inflate, inflated, inflation, inflation theory, inflationary, inflationary gap

Origin of Inflate

1470–80; < Latin inflātus past participle of inflāre to blow on or into, puff out, equivalent to in- in-2 + flā- blow2 + -tus past participle suffix

Other words from Inflate

in·flat·er , in·fla·tor , noun
o·ver·in·flate , verb (used with object), o·ver·in·flat·ed, o·ver·in·flat·ing.
re·in·flate , verb, re·in·flat·ed, re·in·flat·ing.

Word origin for Inflate

C16: from Latin inflāre to blow into, from flāre to blow

Synonyms for Inflate

augment, bloat, boost, enlarge, escalate, exaggerate, expand, magnify, maximize, overestimate, pad, widen, aerate, aggrandize, amplify, balloon, cram, dilate, distend, exalt, pyramid, raise, spread, stretch, surcharge, beef up, build up, flesh out, puff up, pump up, swell up