All bulge synonyms
bulge
B b noun bulge
- wart β a small, often hard, abnormal elevation on the skin, usually caused by a papomavirus.
- lump β a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal.
- nodule β a small node, knot, or knob.
- projection β a projecting or protruding part. Synonyms: overhang, protrusion, jut.
- bump β If you bump into something or someone, you accidentally hit them while you are moving.
- swelling β the act of swelling or the condition of being swollen.
- promontory β a high point of land or rock projecting into the sea or other water beyond the line of coast; a headland.
- growth β the act or process, or a manner of growing; development; gradual increase.
- dilation β the act of dilating; state of being dilated.
- bunch β A bunch of people is a group of people who share one or more characteristics or who are doing something together.
- protrusion β the act of protruding or the state of being protruded.
- salient β prominent or conspicuous: salient traits.
- hump β a rounded protuberance, especially a fleshy protuberance on the back, as that due to abnormal curvature of the spine in humans, or that normally present in certain animals, as the camel or bison.
- sac β Strategic Air Command.
- blob β A blob of thick or sticky liquid is a small, often round, amount of it.
- distention β the act of distending or the state of being distended.
- protuberance β the condition, state, or quality of being protuberant.
- jut β to extend beyond the main body or line; project; protrude (often followed by out): The narrow strip of land juts out into the bay.
- outgrowth β a natural development, product, or result: to consider truancy an outgrowth of parental neglect.
- prominence β Also, prominency. the state of being prominent; conspicuousness.
- tumor β a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
- superfluity β the state of being superfluous.
- appendage β An appendage is something that is joined to or connected with something larger or more important.
- gibbosity β the state of being gibbous.
- tuberosity β a rough projection or protuberance of a bone, as for the attachment of a muscle.
- salience β the state or condition of being salient.
- bunching β a connected group; cluster: a bunch of grapes.
- sagging β to sink or bend downward by weight or pressure, especially in the middle: The roof sags.
- tumefaction β an act of making or becoming swollen or tumid.
- outthrust β thrust or extended outward: a friendly, outthrust hand.
- convexity β the state or quality of being convex
- intumescence β a swelling up, as with congestion.
- baggily β baglike; hanging loosely.
- nodulation β The presence of nodules.
verb bulge
- protrude β to project.
- swell β to grow in bulk, as by the absorption of moisture or the processes of growth.
- sag β to sink or bend downward by weight or pressure, especially in the middle: The roof sags.
- bloat β to swell or cause to swell, as with a liquid, air, or wind
- distend β Swell or cause to swell by pressure from inside.
- poke β to prod or push, especially with something narrow or pointed, as a finger, elbow, stick, etc.: to poke someone in the ribs.
- dilate β to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- balloon β A balloon is a small, thin, rubber bag that you blow air into so that it becomes larger and rounder or longer. Balloons are used as toys or decorations.
- bilge β The bilge or the bilges are the flat bottom part of a ship or boat.
- bag β A bag is a container made of thin paper or plastic, for example one that is used in shops to put things in that a customer has bought.
- belly β The belly of a person or animal is their stomach or abdomen. In British English, this is an informal or literary use.
- billow β When something made of cloth billows, it swells out and moves slowly in the wind.
- pouch β a bag, sack, or similar receptacle, especially one for small articles or quantities: a tobacco pouch.
- protuberate β to bulge out, forming a rounded projection.
- overhang β to hang or be suspended over: A great chandelier overhung the ballroom.
- beetle β A beetle is an insect with a hard covering to its body.