English dictionary

inflation

/I/n'fl/eI//S//@/n/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a general and progressive increase in prices

noun.process

Examples
In inflation everything gets more valuable except money.

Synonyms rising prices

Antonyms disinflation

Source: WordNet 3.0
(cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang

noun.event

Source: WordNet 3.0
lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

noun.attribute

Synonyms ostentation ostentatiousness pomposity pompousness pretentiousness puffiness splashiness

Source: WordNet 3.0
the act of filling something with air

noun.act

Antonyms deflation

Source: WordNet 3.0
The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement.

noun

Source: webster1913