Balloon and Contract

Balloon

Balloon verb - To become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number.
Usage example: the number of students who stay home sick balloons every winter

Contract is an antonym for balloon in bloat topic.

Contract

Contract verb - To become smaller in size or volume through the drawing together of particles of matter.
Usage example: metal contracts at low temperatures

Balloon is an antonym for contract.

How words are described

expensive expensive balloon expensive contract
full full balloon full contract
original original balloon original contract
single single balloon single contract
Other adjectives: actual, entire, massive, large, huge, new, unique, last, giant, largest.
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