Synonyms for swelling

Noun

1. swelling, puffiness, lump, symptom

usage: abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement

2. intumescence, intumescency, swelling, chemical process, chemical change, chemical action

usage: the swelling of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)

Verb

1. swell, increase

usage: increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity; "The music swelled to a crescendo"

2. swell, puff up, act, behave, do

usage: become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger; "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"

3. swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce, expand

usage: expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"

4. well up, swell, originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow

usage: as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things; "Strong emotions welled up"; "Smoke swelled from it"

5. well, swell, surface, come up, rise up, rise

usage: come up; "Tears well in her eyes"

6. swell, grow

usage: cause to become swollen; "The water swells the wood"

Adjective

1. swelling, injured (vs. uninjured)

usage: becoming puffy as from internal bleeding or accumulation of other fluids; "put ice on the swelling ankle"