Antonyms for snowball
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : snoh-bawl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsnoʊˌbɔl |
- abbreviate
- abridge
- cease
- compress
- condense
- contract
- curtail
- cut
- decline
- decrease
- deflate
- degrade
- demolish
- depress
- destroy
- diminish
- discourage
- drop
- fall
- halt
- hinder
- hurt
- lessen
- lower
- minimize
- narrow
- play down
- prevent
- raze
- recede
- reduce
- repress
- retreat
- retrogress
- shorten
- shrink
- slump
- soften
- stop
- subtract
- take back
- undermine
- weaken
Definition of snowball
Origin :- c.1400, from snow (n.) + ball (n.1). Cf. West Frisian sniebal, Middle Dutch sneubal, German Schneeball, Danish snebold. Expression snowball's chance (in hell) "no chance" is recorded by 1910.
- verb increase
- He knew that the whole world is a snowball, and that all the stars are snowballs.
- Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
- The snowball missed her, and came with a great bang against the barrel.
- Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
- But they do, and most of them look as dignified as can be, in spite of the snowball.
- Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- You seem to be aiming at me as directly as a small boy aims his snowball.
- Extract from : « The Gorgeous Girl » by Nalbro Bartley
- Another old-time enjoyment of that date was a snowball fight.
- Extract from : « Robert Louis Stevenson » by Margaret Moyes Black
- Just as he thought that, a bird flew up from the snowball bush.
- Extract from : « The Goody-Naughty Book » by Sarah Cory Rippey
- He turned to find Bill on the lawn with a snowball in one hand.
- Extract from : « A Son of the City » by Herman Gastrell Seely
- "I suppose he spilled some of the salt on the ground," said Snowball.
- Extract from : « The Tale of Snowball Lamb » by Arthur Bailey
- He was a wild, unruly fellow, bigger and older than Snowball.
- Extract from : « The Tale of Snowball Lamb » by Arthur Bailey
- When Snowball first joined the flock in the pasture he tried to do just as every one else did.
- Extract from : « The Tale of Snowball Lamb » by Arthur Bailey
Synonyms for snowball
- advance
- aggrandize
- aggravate
- amplify
- annex
- augment
- boost
- broaden
- build
- build up
- burgeon
- deepen
- develop
- dilate
- distend
- double
- enhance
- enlarge
- escalate
- exaggerate
- expand
- extend
- further
- grow
- heighten
- inflate
- intensify
- lengthen
- magnify
- mark up
- mount
- multiply
- pad
- progress
- proliferate
- prolong
- protract
- pullulate
- raise
- redouble
- reinforce
- rise
- run up
- sharpen
- slap on
- soar
- spread
- step up
- strengthen
- supplement
- swarm
- swell
- tack on
- teem
- thicken
- triple
- upsurge
- wax
- widen
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