inflated

1. 1.

   enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness

   “a hyperbolic style”

   Synonymshyperbolic

   Similarincreased
2. 2.

   pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals)

   “high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school”

   “a high-sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution”

   Synonymshigh-flownhigh-sounding

   Similarpretentious

   colloquialism

Questions about inflated

What does inflated mean?

inflated means "enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in inflated?

inflated has 3 syllables: in-fla-ted. The stress falls on "fla". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈfleɪtɪd/.

What is another word for inflated?

Close synonyms include hyperbolic, high-flown, high-sounding. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is inflated a common word?

inflated is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with inflated?

1 word rhymes with inflated. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.