Swells

Synonyms for "swells" (638 found)

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Closest matches (128)

dandy accent accent mark accrue accumulate ace-high add to advance aggrandize ample amplify anthill appreciate archduke aristocrat armiger augment awake the dead awe inspiring awe-inspiring

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Noun(13 words)

beau dandy dude fop gallant toff barbermonger blade blood buck carpet knight clotheshorse cockscomb

Adjective(4 words)

a+a-plus alright awesome

Adjective(4 words)

bang-up bully corking cracking

Verb(1 words)

Strong matches (191)

Noun(23 words)

crestless wave dike dood dudelet exquisite faddist fashion plate fashionable fashionable person fashionist fashionista fast man fine gentleman foretop fork fribble go hepcat hepster hipster

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jack-a-dandy jemmy-jessamy jetter

custos cyst dab dabster daimio dapper dash dashing deafen delicious deluxe develop diastole dilatation dilate dilation din direct dirty water distend

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distension divine dot down dressed to advantage dressed to kill dropsy drumlin ducky dude duke dune eagre earl ebb and flow echo edema eighty-eight elaborate elegant enhance enlarge enlargement esquire expand expansion expert expression mark exquisite extend extension extravagant fab fancy fashion plate fashionable fatten fell fermata fidget fill fill out fill the air fine fine and dandy fine gentleman fingerboard first-class first-rate flare flatulence flatulency flatus flip out flutter foothills fop freak out freak out on fribble fullness furuncle gain gain strength gallant gassiness gear genteel gentleman get ahead get high on glorious glow go pitapat go up goggle gorgeous grand grand duke grandee grandiose gravity wave great greaten groovy ground swell grow have the fidgets have the shakes hear heave heavy heavy sea heavy swell hidalgo hike hike up hill hillock hold hot huff hummock hunky dory hunky-dory imposing impressive increase inflate inflation intensify intensity intumescence ivories jack-a-dandy jackanapes jam-up jaunty jerk just dandy keen key signature keyboard keys knob knoll lace-curtain lady killer lady-killer laird landgrave lead lift ligature

Adjective(4 words)

dandy great groovy keen

Adjective(8 words)

def excellent fantastic finger-lickin' good fireball grouse killer lash

Verb(2 words)

embiggen intumesce

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Adjective(8 words)

lit peng phat rad sick top shelf topping wicked

look big lop lord lordling loudishness loudness lounge lizard lump luxurious macaroni magnate magnificent magnifico magnify majestic man-about-town manual margrave mark marquis

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marvelous marvy masher master mean measure meteorism metronomic mark modish molehill monticle monticule moor mound mount multiply mushroom natty neat nifty nob nobby noble nobleman notation ok okay open optimate organ manual out of sight out of this world overdevelop overdistend overdraw overexpand overextend overstrain overstretch palatial palpitate palsgrave pant past master patrician pause peachy peachy-keen peacock peak peal pedal pedals peer piano keys pimple plush pock pontificate pooch pop popple posh pouch pout presa princely pro proliferate proud puff puff up puffiness puffing pump pump up puppy pustule put on put on airs put on side quake quaver quiver raise rarefy rattle the windows recherche rend the air rend the ears resound riffle ring ripping ripple rise rise and fall rising ritz it ritzy rock the sky roll roller rough water round out rum run up sand dune scend scrumptious sea sebaceous cyst segno seigneur seignior send shake sharp shiver shoot up sign signature silk stocking silk-stocking slap-up sleek slur smart smash smashing smug snazzy snowball soigne soignee solid solo something else sonority sonorousness sophisticated spark spectacular spiffing spiffy splendacious splendid splendiferous split the eardrums split the ears sport sporty spread spruce squire squirm startle the echoes stately step up strain strengthen stretch stretching stun stunning style-conscious stylish sufflate sumptuous super superb superfancy superfine surf surge surge of sound swagger swank swanky swell it swell out swell with emotion swellage swelling swish swollenness symbol tempo mark terrific thoroughbred thrill thrill to thrilling throb thunder tidal bore tidal wave tide wave tie time signature tingle tingle with excitement toff toss toss and turn tough tremble trendy tricksy trig trim trough tsunami tumble tumefaction tumefy tumescence tumidity tumidness tumor turgescence turgescency turgidity turgidness turn on turn on to twist and turn twitch twitter tympanism tympany undulate undulation up upper-cruster vinculum viscount volume waldgrave water wave wave wavelet wax well well dressed well up well-dressed well-groomed wen white horses whitecaps whiz widen wiggle windiness wizard wonderful wriggle writhe

Noun(19 words)

macaroni masher metrosexual mignon petit maître pommel popinjay pretty boy prig puss-gentleman sheik smart sophisto spark spiff tippy trendite trendy voguie

Adjective(7 words)

neat nifty not bad old peachy slap-up smashing

Verb(6 words)

puff up swell up tumefy tumesce well well up

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The ocean swells like an undulating mirror of the bowl of heaven.

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These, horsed astride / a surge's crest, rock pendent o'er the deep; / to those the wave's huge hollow, yawning wide, / lays bare the ground below; dark swells the sandy tide.

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Scientists say big waves form there usually in the winter months, between October and March, when the harsher weather generates larger swells.

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When those swells come from the west to northwest, they interact with a deep, underwater canyon off the coast of Nazare that, scientists say, can magnify wave height by three to five times.

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