swelling
nounHow many syllables in swelling?
There are 2 syllables in the word swelling.How to pronounce swelling:
Definition of swelling:
- swelling (noun):
- something that is swollen
- an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement.
- an abnormal bodily protuberance or localized enlargement
- an enlargement of a part of the body as the result of injury or infection
Synonyms for swelling:
blister
bloat
bruise
bulge
bump
bunion
contusion
dropsy
edema
enlargement
excrescence
extrusion
gibbosity
gibbousness
growth
haematocele
haematocoele
hematocele
hematocoele
hump
hydrops
intumescence
intumescency
iridoncus
jut
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Antonyms for swelling:
bowl
cave
cavity
concave
concavity
crater
decrease
dent
depression
ding
dint
hole
hollow
indent
indentation
indenture
ingrowth
lack
pit
recess
sinkage
trough
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- sweetful
- sweetest
- swearers
- swatted
- swarthy
- swamper
- sverige
- suzy
- suzette
- suula
- susanne
- surpasses
- suri
- surged
- surfer
- surfaced
- suresh
- supprise
- suplex
- supa
- sunscreen
- sunken
- sunil
- sunglasses
- sundin
- sunder
- sumo
- summoned
- suman
- sultan
- suji
- sudfer
- suction
- substain
- subpar
- sublet
- stuntman
- studies
- stucco
- stubble
- strumpet
- struggles
- stroming
- strolling
- stricken
- stretches
- stretcher
- strengthen
- strengthed
- stratum
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