Synonyms for bulge

Synonyms for (noun) bulge

Synonyms: protrusion, protuberance, prominence, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, excrescence, extrusion, bulge, bump, swelling

Definition: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

Usage: the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge; the hump of a camel; he stood on the rocky prominence; the occipital protuberance was well developed; the bony excrescence between its horns

Similar words: projection

Definition: any solid convex shape that juts out from something


Synonyms for (verb) bulge

Synonyms: bulge, bulk

Definition: cause to bulge or swell outwards

Similar words: swell

Definition: cause to become swollen

Usage: The water swells the wood


Synonyms: bulge, pouch, protrude

Definition: swell or protrude outwards

Usage: His stomach bulged after the huge meal

Similar words: deform, change form, change shape

Definition: assume a different shape or form


Synonyms: pop, pop out, protrude, start, bug out, bulge, bulge out, come out

Definition: bulge outward

Usage: His eyes popped

Similar words: deform, change form, change shape

Definition: assume a different shape or form


Synonyms: bulge, bag

Definition: bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge

Similar words: protrude, project, stick out, jut, jut out

Definition: extend out or project in space

Usage: His sharp nose jutted out; A single rock sticks out from the cliff


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