/ Thesaurus / S Synonyms of swelled Find synonyms for: Verb1. swell, increaseusage: increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity; "The music swelled to a crescendo"2. swell, puff up, act, behave, dousage: 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, expandusage: expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"4. well up, swell, originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, growusage: come up (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, riseusage: come up, as of a liquid; "Tears well in her eyes"; "the currents well up"6. swell, growusage: cause to become swollen; "The water swells the wood"Adjective1. big, swelled, vainglorious, proud (vs. humble)usage: feeling self-importance; "too big for his britches"; "had a swelled head"; "he was swelled with pride"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: neologism Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language