Unscramble swell

Definition of swell

adjective:

• very good; "he did a bully job", "a neat sports car", "had a great time at the party", "you look simply smashing". Synonyms: bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, smashing.

noun:

• the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea. Synonyms: crestless wave.
• a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor).
• a crescendo followed by a decrescendo.
• a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance. Synonyms: beau, clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik.

verb:

• increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity; "The music swelled to a crescendo".
• become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger; "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son". Synonyms: puff up.
• expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling". Synonyms: intumesce, swell up, tumefy, tumesce.
• come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things); "Strong emotions welled up", "Smoke swelled from it". Synonyms: well up.
• come up, as of a liquid; "Tears well in her eyes", "the currents well up". Synonyms: well.
• cause to become swollen; "The water swells the wood".

Related words

belly, blister, bloat, bulge, bulk, cockscomb, coxcomb, distend, macaroni, puff, tumefy, vesicate.

Words nearby

dwell, kwell, sell, shell, smell, spell, swill, szell, well.

Rhymes with

abele, afl, antipersonnel, bel, bell, belle, cabell, cartel, cattell, cavell, cell, clientele, compel, cornell, dell, dispel, dwell, el, ell, excel.