Synonyms of billows

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noun

plural of billow

as in waves

a moving ridge on the surface of water

the great billows created by the ocean storm threatened to swamp the fishing boat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• waves
• swells
• seas
• surges
• tsunami
• ripples
• tsunamis
• curls
• whitecaps
• breakers
• wavelets
• rollers
• surfs
• combers
• riffles
• tidal waves
• ground swells

billows

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verb

present tense third-person singular of billow

as in protrudes

to extend outward beyond a usual point

the curtains in the open windows billowed in the summer wind

Synonyms & Similar Words

• protrudes
• pokes
• bulges
• swells
• juts
• stands out
• bellies
• balloons
• pouts
• overhangs
• bunches
• sticks out
• beetles
• projects
• pouches
• bags
• starts
• pooches
• extends
• distends
• dilates
• domes
• stretches
• inflates
• lengthens
• snowballs
• mushrooms
• expands
• elongates
• blows up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• condenses
• shrinks
• contracts
• compresses
• constricts