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swell
verb
- To make or become greater or larger: aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, build, build up, burgeon, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, grow, increase, magnify, mount, multiply, proliferate, rise, run up, snowball, soar, upsurge, wax.
Informal: beef up. See
increase
noun
- The act of increasing or rising: aggrandizement, amplification, augment, augmentation, boost, buildup, enlargement, escalation, growth, hike, increase, jump, multiplication, proliferation, raise, rise, upsurge, upswing, upturn. See
increase
adjective
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Informal. Exceptionally good of its kind: ace, banner, blue-ribbon, brag, capital, champion, excellent, fine
1, first-class, first-rate, prime, quality, splendid, superb, superior, terrific, tiptop, top.
Informal: A-one, bully, dandy, great, topflight, topnotch.
Slang: boss.
Chiefly British: tophole. See
good
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Informal. Particularly excellent: divine, fabulous, fantastic, fantastical, glorious, marvelous, sensational, splendid, superb, terrific, wonderful.
Informal: dandy, dreamy, great, ripping, super, tremendous.
Slang: cool, groovy, hot, keen
1, neat, nifty.
Idiom:
out of this world. See
good
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