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projection - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | projection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bulge, overhang |
| Synonyms: | bump, bunch, eaves, extension, hook, jut, knob, ledge, point, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, ridge, rim, shelf, spine, spur, step, swelling, outthrust, prolongation, sill |
| Antonyms: | depression |
| Main Entry: | projection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prediction |
| Synonyms: | calculation, computation, estimate, estimation, forecast, guess, reckoning, extrapolation, prognostication |
| Main Entry: | appendage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | limb; accessory |
| Synonyms: | addendum, addition, adjunct, ancillary, annex, appendix, appurtenance, attachment, auxiliary, extremity, member, projection, protuberance, supplement |
| Antonyms: | body, trunk |
| Main Entry: | beak |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nose of animal |
| Synonyms: | bill, muzzle, nozzle, proboscis, projection, prow, snout, mandible, neb, nib, pecker |
| Main Entry: | bulge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swollen object |
| Synonyms: | appendage, blob, bump, bunch, dilation, distention, excess, excrescence, growth, hump, jut, lump, outgrowth, projection, prominence, promontory, protrusion, protuberance, sac, salient, superfluity, swelling, tumor, wart, bagginess, bunching, convexity, gibbosity, intumescence, nodulation, nodule, outthrust, sagging, salience, tuberosity, tumefaction |
| Antonyms: | depression |
| Main Entry: | estimate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | approximate calculation; educated guess |
| Synonyms: | appraisal, assay, assessment, ballpark figure*, belief, conclusion, conjecture, estimation, evaluation, guess, impression, judgment, measure, measurement, mensuration, opinion, point of view, projection, rating, reckoning, stock, surmise, survey, thought, valuation, appraisement, gauging, guesstimate, sizing up |
| Notes: | estimate implies a calculation has been performed and it is on that basis that a judgment or valuation is being made, while estimation implies that an on-the-spot evaluation is being performed and that it is an opinion based on that evaluation; an estimate conveys a more reasoned or impersonal judgment than an estimation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | forecast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prediction, often of weather or business |
| Synonyms: | anticipation, augury, budget, calculation, cast, conjecture, divination, estimate, foreknowledge, foresight, forethought, guess, outlook, planning, precognition, prescience, prognosis, projection, prophecy, foreseeing, foretelling, foretoken, prevision, prognostication |
| Main Entry: | knob |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lump, handle |
| Synonyms: | bulge, bulk, bump, bunch, hump, knot, latch, lever, nub, projection, protrusion, protuberance, snag, stud, swell, swelling, trigger, tumor, doorknob, knurl, opener |
| Main Entry: | ledge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shelf |
| Synonyms: | bar, bench, bracket, console, edge, jut, mantle, offset, path, projection, reef, ridge, rim, route, step, strip, tier, track, trail, walk, way, berm, sill |
| Main Entry: | limb |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appendage |
| Synonyms: | arm, bough, branch, extension, extremity, fin, leg, lobe, member, offshoot, part, pin, process, projection, spray, spur, stem, switch, unit, wheel, wing, gam, pinion, sprig |
| Main Entry: | map |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chart of geographic area |
| Synonyms: | delineation, design, diagram, draft, drawing, elevation, globe, graph, outline, picture, plan, portrayal, print, projection, sketch, atlas, ground plan, plat, topographical depiction, tracing |
| Main Entry: | prognosis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | forecast |
| Synonyms: | cast, diagnosis, expectation, guess, prediction, projection, prophecy, speculation, surmise, foretelling, prevision, prognostication |
| Main Entry: | protuberance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lump, outgrowth |
| Synonyms: | bulge, bump, excrescence, jut, jutting, knob, process, projection, prominence, protrusion, swelling, tumor, outthrust |
| Antonyms: | depression, ingrowth, sinkage |
| Main Entry: | stump |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | end piece |
| Synonyms: | butt, end, projection, stub, tip, tail end |
| Main Entry: | ballpark figure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | educated guess |
| Synonyms: | approximation, estimate, estimation, guess, judgment, projection, guesstimate, informed guess, rough figure, rough guess, rough measure |
| Main Entry: | lobe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flap |
| Synonyms: | ear, fold, lap, node, portion, projection, protuberance, section, wattle, convexity, excurvation |
| Main Entry: | protrusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bulge |
| Synonyms: | projection, protuberance, swelling |
| Main Entry: | arm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | limb, appendage |
| Synonyms: | bender, bough, bow, branch, fin, handle, hook, member, offshoot, projection, prong, rod, stump, wing, biceps, flapper, flipper, triceps, upper arm |
| Main Entry: | cast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a throw to the side |
| Synonyms: | ejection, expulsion, fling, heave, hurl, lob, pitch, projection, propulsion, shooting, sling, thrust, toss, casting, flinging, heaving, hurling, launching, lobbing, pitching, slinging, thrusting, tossing |
| Antonyms: | catch, keeping, retention |
| Main Entry: | corner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | angle |
| Synonyms: | bend, branch, crook, crossing, edge, fork, intersection, joint, junction, projection, ridge, rim, shift, veer, V, Y, cloverleaf |
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