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protrusion - 9 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | protrusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bulge |
| Synonyms: | projection, protuberance, swelling |
| 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: | hump |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swelling, projection |
| Synonyms: | bulge, bump, dune, elevation, eminence, excrescence, hill, hunch, knob, mound, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, ridge, swell, convexedness, convexity, gibbosity, hummock, knap, knurl, kyphosis, tumescence |
| Antonyms: | depression |
| 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: | lump |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clump, mass |
| Synonyms: | agglomeration, ball, bit, block, bulge, bulk, bump, bunch, cake, chip, chunk, cluster, crumb, dab, group, growth, handful, hunk, knot, lot, morsel, mountain, much, nugget, part, peck, piece, pile, portion, protrusion, protuberance, scrap, section, solid, spot, swelling, tumor, wad, wedge, gob, knurl, tumescence |
| 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: | 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: | prominence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that sticks out |
| Synonyms: | bulge, bump, cliff, crest, elevation, eminence, headland, height, jutting, mound, pinnacle, projection, promontory, protrusion, protuberance, rise, spur, swelling, conspicuity, conspicuousness, crag, high point, markedness, tor |
| Antonyms: | depression |
| Main Entry: | wing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | section; extension |
| Synonyms: | addition, adjunct, annex, arm, block, branch, bulge, circle, clique, coterie, detachment, division, expansion, faction, group, part, projection, protrusion, protuberance, segment, set, side, unit, ell, prolongation |
| Antonyms: | base, headquarters |
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