Definition of swells

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  • swells is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
  • swells is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
  • swells is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 11

Definition of swells

  • expand abnormally (verb)

    Examples

    1. The bellies of the starving children are swelling

    Synonyms

    1. intumesce
    2. swell up
    3. tumefy
    4. tumesce
  • come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things) (verb)

    Examples

    1. Smoke swelled from it

    Synonyms

    1. well up
  • become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger (verb)

    Examples

    1. The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son

    Synonyms

    1. puff up
  • a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. beau
    2. clotheshorse
    3. dandy
    4. dude
    5. fashion plate
    6. fop
    7. gallant
    8. sheik
  • the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. crestless wave
  • come up, as of a liquid (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. well
  • very good (adjective)

    Synonyms

    1. bang-up
    2. bully
    3. corking
    4. cracking
    5. dandy
    6. great
    7. groovy
    8. keen
    9. neat
    10. nifty
    11. not bad
    12. old
    13. peachy
    14. slap-up
    15. smashing
  • a crescendo followed by a decrescendo (noun)
  • a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor) (noun)
  • cause to become swollen (verb)

    Examples

    1. The water swells the wood
  • increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity (verb)

    Examples

    1. The music swelled to a crescendo

See definition of swells in Merriam Webster