/ Thesaurus / B Synonyms of billowing Find synonyms for: Verb1. billow, wallow, soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoomusage: rise up as if in waves; "smoke billowed up into the sky"2. billow, travel, go, move, locomoteusage: move with great difficulty; "The soldiers billowed across the muddy riverbed"3. billow, surge, heave, inflate, blow upusage: rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward"4. balloon, inflate, billow, expandusage: become inflated; "The sails ballooned"Adjective1. billowy, billowing(prenominal), surging, stormy (vs. calm)usage: characterized by great swelling waves or surges; "billowy storm clouds"; "the restless billowing sea"; "surging waves"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: secular Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language