Snowballing [verb]
Definition of Snowballing:
increase
Synonyms of Snowballing:
● Widen
● Escalate
● Heighten
● Swell
● Multiply
● Thicken
● Broaden
● Upsurge
● Lengthen
● Redouble
● Triple
● Protract
● Further
● Sharpen
● Distend
● Develop
● Raise
● Dilate
● Enlarge
● Prolong
● Swarm
● Spread
● Pad
● Build
● Wax
● Progress
● Inflate
● Boost
● Soar
● Teem
● Magnify
● Annex
● Rise
● Deepen
● Grow
● Expand
● Amplify
● Extend
● Advance
● Augment
● Double
● Mount
● Burgeon
● Enhance
● Build up
● Step up
● Mark up
● Run up
● Slap on
● Tack on
Opposite/Antonyms of Snowballing:
● Decline
● Reduce
● Diminish
● Depress
● Drop
● Shrink
● Fall
● Deflate
● Contract
● Stop
● Halt
● Hurt
● Lower
● Minimize
● Degrade
● Slump
● Recede
● Retreat
● Condense
● Abridge
● Raze
● Destroy
● Demolish
● Compress
● Repress
● Soften
● Prevent
● Hinder
● Cease
● Curtail
● Subtract
● Shorten
● Cut
● Narrow
● Weaken
● Lessen
● Decrease
Sentence/Example of Snowballing:
That was snowballing a cripple, and he was really most woebegone about it.
Children were out with sleds, and snowballing parties were in the field.
Others as quickly followed—it was not snowing, it was snowballing.
But George Strong came out, and took a snowballing in good part.
Poor Peleg Snuggers came in for his full share of the snowballing.
Others were washing one another's faces and some were snowballing.
Wrestling, boxing, snowballing are variations on attack and defense.
It is all taken in good part, however, as snowballing is with us.
Ruth and Helen were already outside, snowballing with the boys.
Not one of the other children was a match for her at snowballing.