Dictionary and Thesaurus

Definition of Blow Up

• (verb) make large; "blow up an image"
• (verb) to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"; "puffed out chests"
• (verb) fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons"
• (verb) exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated"
• (verb) burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov cocktail exploded"
• (verb) cause to burst with a violent release of energy; "We exploded the nuclear bomb"
• (verb) add details to
• (verb) get very angry and fly into a rage; "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question"; "Spam makes me go ballistic"

Synonyms of Blow Up

• Explode
• Detonate
• Set Off
• Enlarge
• Magnify
• Flip One's Lid
• Throw A Fit
• Hit The Roof
• Hit The Ceiling
• Have Kittens
• Have A Fit
• Combust
• Blow One's Stack
• Fly Off The Handle
• Flip One's Wig
• Lose One's Temper
• Blow A Fuse
• Go Ballistic
• Embroider
• Pad
• Lard
• Embellish
• Aggrandize
• Aggrandise
• Dramatize
• Dramatise
• Detonate
• Explode
• Inflate
• Expand
• Amplify
• Inflate
• Puff
• Puff Up
• Puff Out

Antonyms of Blow Up

• Reduce
• Deflate

Homophones of Blow Up