Balloon and Dock

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Balloon

Balloon verb - To become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number.
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Dock is an antonym for balloon.
Nearby Words: ballooned, ballooning, balloonist, ballon

Dock

Dock verb - To make less in extent or duration.
Usage example: the editorial was docked by about a hundred words to make it fit on the page
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Synonyms for Dock
Antonyms for Dock
Balloon is an antonym for dock.
Nearby Words: docking, docked, dockage, dockyard, docker
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How words are described

short short balloon short dock
single single balloon single dock
entire entire balloon entire dock
great great balloon great dock
Other adjectives: little, capable, titular, nearby.

Both words in one sentence

  • God Guise Five Weeks in a Balloon has the protagonists dock their balloon near an African village; the natives think that the Moon has come down to them, and that the heroes are "sons of the Moon".
    Source: God Guise
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