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protrude - 12 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | protrude |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stick out |
| Synonyms: | bulge, come through, distend, extend, extrude, jut, obtrude, overhang, point, poke, pop, pouch, pout, project, stand out, start, swell, beetle, butt out, jut out, shoot out, stick up |
| Antonyms: | depress, sink |
| Main Entry: | bulge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | project outward |
| Synonyms: | bag, balloon, belly, bilge, billow, bloat, blob, dilate, distend, enlarge, expand, extrude, jut, overhang, poke, pouch, protrude, sag, stand out, stick out, swell, beetle, bug out, pop out, protuberate, puff out |
| Antonyms: | depress, cave in |
| Main Entry: | jut |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extend |
| Synonyms: | bulge, elongate, lengthen, overhang, poke, pop, pouch, project, protrude, stand out, stick out, beetle, impend, protuberate |
| Antonyms: | indent, recede |
| Main Entry: | overhang |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bulge, hang over |
| Synonyms: | command, endanger, extend, jut, loom, menace, poke, portend, pouch, project, protrude, stand out, stick out, threaten, be imminent, be suspended, beetle, cast a shadow, dangle over, droop over, flap over, impend, overtop, rise above, swing over, tower above |
| Main Entry: | overlap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie over something else |
| Synonyms: | flap, overhang, overlay, overrun, project, protrude, ride, extend along, fold over, go beyond, imbricate, lap over, overlie, run over, shingle |
| Antonyms: | divide, separate |
| Main Entry: | pop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | jump, burst |
| Synonyms: | appear, bang, blow, crack, dart, explode, go, go off, hit, insert, leap, protrude, push, put, report, rise, shove, snap, sock, stick, strike, thrust, whack |
| Main Entry: | stand out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be conspicuous, prominent |
| Synonyms: | bulge, bulk, emerge, jut, loom, overhang, poke, pouch, project, protrude, stick out, attract attention, be distinct, be highlighted, be striking, beetle, catch the eye |
| Antonyms: | obscure |
| Main Entry: | stick out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bulge |
| Synonyms: | come through, extend, extrude, jut, obtrude, overhang, poke, pouch, pout, project, protrude, push, show, stand out, beetle, outthrust, protend |
| Antonyms: | depress |
| Main Entry: | swell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become larger |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, add to, aggravate, amplify, augment, balloon, belly, billow, blister, bloat, bulge, dilate, distend, enhance, enlarge, expand, extend, fatten, fill out, grow, heighten, increase, intensity, mount, plump, pouch, pout, protrude, puff, rise, surge, be inflated, become bloated, become distended, become swollen, grow larger, puff up, round out, tumefy, uprise, well up |
| Antonyms: | compress, concentrate, contract, shrink |
| Main Entry: | poke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | push at; thrust |
| Synonyms: | arouse, awaken, bulge, butt*, crowd, dig, elbow*, hit, jab, jostle, jut, nudge*, overhang, prod, project, protrude, provoke, punch, ram, rouse, shoulder*, shove, stab, stand out, stick, stick out, stimulate, stir, goose* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | butt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch, adjoin |
| Synonyms: | abut, border, bound, communicate, join, jut, meet, neighbor, project, protrude, verge |
| Main Entry: | project |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bulge, hang out |
| Synonyms: | extend, jut, lengthen, overhang, poke, pout, prolong, protrude, stand out, stick out, be conspicuous, be prominent, beetle, hang over, pop out, protuberate, push out, stretch out, thrust out |
| Antonyms: | cave in |
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