Answer to "Balloon" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SWELL which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.

Balloon crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
SWELL	55 %	5
BLOAT	25 %	5
SWELLUP	10 %	7
GROW	5 %	4
GROWFAT	5 %	7

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Balloon

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• billow
• inflate
• blimp
• dirigible
• airship
• ball
• hut
• bag
• flask
• earth
• bubble
• globe

Crossword Answer definitions

SWELL verb

1. To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
2. To cause to become bigger.
3. To grow gradually in force or loudness.
4. To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate.
5. To be raised to arrogance.
6. To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
7. To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant.
8. To protuberate; to bulge out.

SWELL noun

1. The act of swelling; increase in size.
2. A bulge or protuberance.
3. Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
4. A long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased.
5. A gradual crescendo followed by diminuendo.
6. A device for controlling the volume of a pipe organ.
7. A division in a pipe organ, usually the largest enclosed division.
8. A hillock or similar raised area of terrain.
9. An upward protrusion of strata from whose central region the beds dip quaquaversally at a low angle.
10. A person who dresses in a fancy or elegant manner.
11. A person of high social standing; an important person.
12. The front brow of a saddle bow, connected in the tree by the two saddle bars to the cantle on the other end.

SWELL adjective

1. Fashionable, like a swell or dandy.
2. Excellent.

SWELL adverb

1. Very well.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result SWELL

• "Great!"
• "Just ducky"
• Dandy
• Neat-o
• Terrific
• Wave precursor
• Balloon
• Gradually expand
• "Phat!"
• "Neato!"

More clues leading to the result BLOAT

• Inflate
• Swell
• Swell up
• Reason for downsizing
• Get swollen
• Fill to capacity
• Puff up
• Cause to swell
• Balloon
• Become swollen

More clues leading to the result SWELLUP

• Balloon
• Become big after a hit
• Become bloated

More clues leading to the result GROW

• Get bigger
• Mushroom
• Accumulate interest
• Flourish
• Distend
• Cultivate
• Wax
• Expand
• Intensify
• Branch out

More clues leading to the result GROWFAT

• Balloon