1. swell, crestless wave, wave, moving ridge

usage: the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea

2. swell, natural elevation, elevation

usage: a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)

3. swell, crescendo

usage: a crescendo followed by a decrescendo

4. dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, swell, fashion plate, clotheshorse, man, adult male

usage: a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance


1. swell, increase

usage: increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity; "The music swelled to a crescendo"

2. swell, puff up, act, behave, do


3. swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce, expand

usage: expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"

4. well up, swell, originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow


5. well, swell, surface, come up, rise up, rise


6. swell, grow

usage: cause to become swollen; "The water swells the wood"


1. bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(predicate), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing, good (vs. bad)


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