Inflation

/ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃən/

Synonyms for "inflation" (251 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (51)

access accession accretion accrual accruement accumulation addition advance affectation aggrandizement amplification appreciation ascent augmentation ballooning ballyhoo barnumism bedizenmentbig price tagbig talk

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bloat bloatedness bloatingblowing upboom boostbottom pricebreaking pointbroadening buildup burlesquebusiness indexcaricature ceilingceiling pricecommand of languageconsumer price indexconvolutioncost-of-living indexcrescendodemand curvedevelopment diastole dilatation dilation distension dropsy

Noun(4 words)

aggrandizingcosmic expansioncost inflationdistensions

Strong matches (75)

Noun(4 words)

early universe expansionfilling goosing inflating

edema elevation enhancement enlargement exaggerating exaggeration excess exorbitance expansionexpression of ideasextensionextortionate priceextravagance extremeextreme tensionfamine pricefancy pricefashionfeeling for wordsflashiness

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flatulence flatulency flatus flood floorfloor priceform of speechfulsomeness gain garishness gassiness gaudinessgood pricegrace of expressiongrandiloquence grandioseness grandiosity greatening growth gush heighteninghigh pricehigh-flown dictionhikehot economyhuckstering hyperbole hyperbolism increase increment inflatednessinflationary gapinflationary pressureinflationary pricesinflationary spiralinordinacy intumescence jump leap lexiphanicismliterary styleloftiness luridnessluxury pricemagnification magniloquence mannermanner of speakingmannerismmere rhetoricmeretriciousness

Related words (125)

meteorism modemode of expressionmounting multiplication orotundity ostentationostentatious complexityoverdistension overdrawing overemphasis overestimation overexpansion overextension overkill overstatement overstrain overstraining overstretching peculiarity

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personal styleplatitudinous ponderositypolysyllabic profunditypompositypompous prolixitypompousness pontificality pontification pretension pretentiousnesspretty pennyprice ceilingprice indexprice levelprodigality productiveness profuseness proliferationprose run madprosperity puff puffery puffiness puffingpuffing uprack rentraise redundancy rhetoric rhetoricalness riserising pricesscarcity priceself-importance sensationalismsense of languagesententiousness showinesssnapping pointsnowballingsoaring costsspiraling pricesspreadstiff pricestiltedness strain straining stretch stretching stuffiness stylestylistic analysisstylistics superlative surge swell swellage swellingswelling utteranceswollen phraseswollennesstall talktensionthe grand stylethe plain stylethe sublimetop pricetortuosity tortuousness touting travesty trick tumefaction tumescence tumidity tumidness turgescence turgidity turgidness tympanism tympany up upping upsurge upswing uptrend upturn vein waxing way widening windiness

Noun(12 words)

ostentation ostentatiousness pomposity pompousness pretentiousnessprice increaseprice risepuffiness reflationrise in pricesrising pricessplashiness

Verb(1 words)

overrates

Choosing the right synonym

Closest matches in this entry: access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement.
Sentence evidence is available for inflation, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
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When not to replace "inflation"

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Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

12 entries

astronomical phenomenonblowupcosmology conceptdetonationeconomic phenomenoneconomic processenlargement expansion explosion inelegancemacroeconomic indicatorphysical process

More specific

6 entries

balloon inflationchaotic inflationcost-push inflationdemand-pull inflationeternal inflationtire inflation

Collocations

5 entries

high inflationinflation expectationsinflation rateinflation targetinflationary pressures

Inflections

1 entries

inflations

Derivations

3 entries

inflationary inflationism inflationist

Antonyms

2 entries

deflation disinflation

Translations

55 translations across 37 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

inflacioni noun (expansion or increase in size)

Arabic

1 entries

تَضَخُّم noun (expansion or increase in size)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

şişmə noun (expansion or increase in size)

Belarusian

2 entries

надзіма́нне noun (expansion or increase in size)
надыма́нне noun (expansion or increase in size)

Bulgarian

1 entries

наду́ване noun (expansion or increase in size)

Catalan

1 entries

inflament noun (expansion or increase in size)

Cornish

2 entries

hwethans noun (expansion or increase in size)
hwythans noun (expansion or increase in size)

Dutch

1 entries

opblazen noun (expansion or increase in size)

Esperanto

1 entries

inflacio noun (expansion or increase in size)

Finnish

1 entries

laajentuminen noun (expansion or increase in size)

French

1 entries

inflation noun (expansion or increase in size)

Galician

2 entries

inchamento noun (expansion or increase in size)
inflado noun (expansion or increase in size)

German

3 entries

Aufblasen noun (expansion or increase in size)
Aufblähung noun (expansion or increase in size)
Inflation noun (expansion or increase in size)

Greek

1 entries

φούσκωμα noun (expansion or increase in size)

Hungarian

2 entries

felfújás noun (expansion or increase in size)
felfúvódás noun (expansion or increase in size)

Ido

1 entries

inflacio noun (expansion or increase in size)

Indonesian

3 entries

inflasi noun (expansion or increase in size)
pengembangan noun (expansion or increase in size)
pengembungan noun (expansion or increase in size)

Interlingua

1 entries

inflation noun (expansion or increase in size)

Irish

2 entries

séideadh noun (expansion or increase in size)
teannadh noun (expansion or increase in size)

Japanese

2 entries

膨らみ noun (expansion or increase in size)
膨張 noun (expansion or increase in size)

Korean

1 entries

팽창 noun (expansion or increase in size)

Māori

1 entries

whakamakohatanga noun (expansion or increase in size)

Norwegian

1 entries

inflasjon noun (expansion or increase in size)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

oppblåsing noun (expansion or increase in size)

Pashto

2 entries

غومبه noun (expansion or increase in size)
پړسوب noun (expansion or increase in size)

Portuguese

1 entries

inflamento noun (expansion or increase in size)

Romanian

1 entries

inflație noun (expansion or increase in size)

Russian

4 entries

вздува́ние noun (expansion or increase in size)
вспу́чивание noun (expansion or increase in size)
надува́ние noun (expansion or increase in size)
раздува́ние noun (expansion or increase in size)

Spanish

3 entries

hinchado noun (expansion or increase in size)
hinchamiento noun (expansion or increase in size)
inflado noun (expansion or increase in size)

Swahili

1 entries

mfumuko noun (expansion or increase in size)

Swedish

1 entries

uppblåsning noun (expansion or increase in size)

Tagalog

2 entries

bintog noun (expansion or increase in size)
pagbintog noun (expansion or increase in size)

Tamil

2 entries

வளர்ச்சி noun (expansion or increase in size)
வீக்கம் noun (expansion or increase in size)

Turkish

1 entries

şişme noun (expansion or increase in size)

Ukrainian

1 entries

надува́ння noun (expansion or increase in size)

Vietnamese

1 entries

(sự) thổi phồng noun (expansion or increase in size)

Volapük

1 entries

bladosvolükön noun (expansion or increase in size)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Does depreciation of the yen give rise to inflation?

Source: tatoeba (25953)

The policy will only accelerate inflation.

Source: tatoeba (45958)

The newspaper called for the government to stop inflation.

Source: tatoeba (46080)

The inflation issue split the party.

Source: tatoeba (65701)

Showing 4 of 12 available sentences.

Common questions

What are the closest synonyms for "inflation"?

Closest matches include access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement.

How should I check whether a synonym fits "inflation"?

Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.

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