English Synonym Finder

billow

Definitions

A large sea wave or a similar mass of something, typically smoke or fabric, that rises and rolls.

To fill with air and swell outward, as a sail or piece of fabric.

To move or flow outward in a surging, undulating mass.

Examples

The white curtains began to billow in the gentle evening breeze.

Thick clouds of smoke started to billow from the chimney of the old cottage.

Synonyms

surge swell balloon puff roll undulate expand

Antonyms

shrink contract deflate compress diminish shrivel collapse