inflation

Noun

• the act of filling something with air

• lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

• (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang

• a general and progressive increase in prices
  • in inflation everything gets more valuable except money
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  ostentation , ostentatiousness , pomposity , pompousness , pretentiousness , puffiness , splashiness , rising prices
• Antonyms: 
  deflation , disinflation