Swell

What do we mean by swell?

To increase in size or volume as a result of internal pressure; expand. intransitive verb

To increase in force, size, number, or degree. intransitive verb

To grow in loudness or intensity. intransitive verb

To bulge out, as a sail. intransitive verb

To rise or extend above the surrounding level, as clouds. intransitive verb

To rise in swells, as the sea. intransitive verb

To be or become filled or puffed up, as with pride, arrogance, or anger. intransitive verb

To rise from within. intransitive verb

To cause to increase in volume, size, number, degree, or intensity. intransitive verb

To fill with emotion. intransitive verb

The act or process of swelling. noun

The condition of being swollen. noun

A swollen part; a bulge or protuberance. noun

A long wave on water that moves continuously without breaking. noun

A rise in the land; a rounded elevation. noun

One who is fashionably dressed or socially prominent. noun

To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.

To cause to become bigger.

To grow gradually in force or loudness.

To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate.

To be raised to arrogance.

To be elated; to rise arrogantly.

To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant.

To protuberate; to bulge out.

Words that are spelled similarly to swell:
swell, well, dwell, spell, shell, sell, smell, swill, snell, swelt, sweal, skell, stell, kwell, ewell, sewell, aswell, szell, sowell, swel.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word swell:
diapason, hansard, pedal, daze, swelling, shrink, octave, reeds, surfing, swollen, surf, waves, organ, toe, burst, choir, flute, pipes, trench, shades, polymer, thumb, organs, console, wave, maps, echo, tide, reef, thickness, guys, shark, stops, ranks, enclosed, beaches, glen, manual, utah, wind, breaks, flooding, shoes, chorus, winds, generated, beach, infection, box, canyon, causing, flood, solo, clay, ocean, sand, rocks.

Words that rhyme with swell:
cell, well, dwell, spell, shell, tell, parallel, bell, excel, personnel, sell, compel, fell, foretell, smell, l, hell, rebel, carousel, quell, gel, hotel, ell, impel, cartel, farewell, intel, repel, yell, propel, citadel, dispel, infidel, misspell, ravel, expel, knell, noel, dell, clientele, el, morel, belle, nell, resell, gazelle, pastel, lapel, bombshell, nutshell, outsell, bluebell, retell, materiel, tel, oversell, groundswell, undersell, motel, befell, chanel, mel, dumbbell, bel, elle, barbell, jell, caravel, del, decibel, mell, quel, as well, snell, aol, cel, carmel, nobel, adele, manuel, stairwell, maxwell, eggshell, zinfandel, doorbell, accel, seashell, bethel, raphael, pell, mademoiselle, sel, fidel, marcel, isabel, carel, cowbell, zel, michelle, cavell.

Adjectives that are often used to describe swell:
heavy, long, great, gentle, ground, slight, big, low, atlantic, soft, considerable, deep, tremendous, huge, strong, slow, full, sudden, smooth, ocean, westerly, mighty, voluptuous, extrudate, moderate, oily, green, regular, pretty, distant, broad, light, easy, rolling, sea, die, southerly, awful, foot, easterly, lazy, rich, enormous, gradual, tidal, vast, grand, south, virgin, oceanic, solemn, frozen, rounded, steady, sullen, incoming, violent, faint, stronger, west, perceptible, undulating, northerly, glassy, greasy, prodigious, occasional, hawaiian, noble.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective swell:
box, potential, structures, head, heads, stuff, people, chance, factor, idea, boxes, place, mobsman, structure, guys, affair, organ, headedness, phenomena, characteristics, mob, fish, fun, front, guy, soils, properties, foot, factors, chanst, party, test, waves, day, fellows, lookin, fellow, advice, company, behavior, capacity, clays, movement, kids, friends, rolling, bag, person, bosom, processes, entertainment, behaviour, ratio, crescendo, out, problem, looker, block, feet, breaking, joint, books, manual, room, correspondent, rhythm, folks, medicine, night, fork, suit, mobsmen, clothes, broads, phenomenon, hit, consolidation, precedes, soil, ambulance, paper, news, stage, butt, catch, publicity, ball, tobacco, chamber, girl, job, restaurant.

Consonant match to swell:
swirl, swale, swill.

Words that sound like swell:
swell, swel, swill, swol, swale, sweal, swal, c l, c.l, smell, cell, spell, sell, swirl, swells, sel, swelled, cel, stell, smel, snell, stel, stele, swelt, sweller, selle, stelle, sowell, sele, celle, snel, seawell, swelve, swing, swung, oh well, sual, sewell, sewel, sewall, ceol, syal, still, switch, spill, sill, swish, stil, smil, sil, smle, sul, styl, stle, cil, stal, sull, swich, spel, cill, spil, squill, stull, sahel, syl, stl, stille, psl, spille, swilled, serle, stuhl, swills, stihl, swilley, swiller, cyl, syll, psle, cyrille, ssl, tsl, scil, swang, suhail, seol, sail, sal, cele, ciel, ceil, i will, cile, ceal, saal, saile, sael, sahl, hwyl, -style.