Swell — synonyms, definition

1. swell (a)

elegant fashionable fine first-rate stylish

2. swell (Noun)

augmentation beau billow blade breaker buck bulge clotheshorse coxcomb crest crestless wave curl dandy dude fashion plate flow fop gallant increase inflation • • •

swell (Noun) — The undulating movement of the surface of the open sea.

swell (Noun) — A rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor).

swell (Noun) — A crescendo followed by a decrescendo.

swell (Noun) — A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance.

swell (Noun) — A box or chamber in an organ that contains the reeds or a set of pipes and has shutters that open or shut usually by means of a pedal in order to regulate the volume of musical tone.

adult male crescendo elevation man moving ridge natural elevation wave Beau Brummell Brummell George Bryan Brummell cockscomb coxcomb ground swell heavy swell macaroni

3. swell (Verb)

advance aggrandise aggrandize amplify augment balloon billow bless bloat blow up boom boost build bulge bulk develop dilate distend enlarge exalt • • •

swell (Verb) — Increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity. ex. "The music swelled to a crescendo"

swell (Verb) — Become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger. ex. "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"

swell (Verb) — Expand abnormally. ex. "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"

swell (Verb) — Come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things). ex. "Smoke swelled from it"

swell (Verb) — Come up, as of a liquid. ex. "Tears swell in her eyes"

swell (Verb) — Cause to become swollen. ex. "The water swells the wood"

act arise behave come up develop do expand grow increase originate rise rise up spring up surface uprise belly belly out blister bloat blow up bulge bulk distend puff puff out puff up tumefy vesicate

4. swell (Adjective)

bang-up bully corking cracking great groovy grouse keen lovely neat nifty not bad peachy ripper slap-up smashing

swell (Adjective) — Very good. ex. "he did a swell job"