swell

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of SWELL

a part that sticks out from the general mass of something <the graceful swell of the bottle was meant to be evocative of the female figure>

Synonyms bunch, convexity, jut, overhang, projection, protrusion, protuberance, swell

Related Words dome; blob, bump, dilatation, gibbosity, hump, knob, knot, knurl, lump, nub, obtrusion, puff, snag, swelling; block, piece, portion, section; enlargement, escalation, expansion, increase; hill, mound

Near Antonyms crater, hole, well; basin, bowl, dip, valley; furrow, groove, trench, trough; dimple, gouge, impression, notch, pocket

Antonyms cavity, concave, concavity, dent, depression, dint, hollow, indent, indentation, indenture, pit, recess

a moving ridge on the surface of water <huge swells overwhelmed the tiny craft>

Synonyms billow, surge, swell

Related Words sea(s); surf; breaker, whitecap; comber, curl; riffle, ripple, wavelet; ground swell, roller; tidal wave, tsunami

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