Protruding Synonyms and Antonyms

Bulge outward
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. pouching
  2. popping
  3. bulging
  4. starting
Extend out or project in space
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. projecting
  2. jutting
  3. swelling
  4. extruding
  5. pouching
  6. overhanging
  7. poking
  8. distending
  9. interfering
  10. bulging
  11. obtruding
  12. bellying
  13. beetling
  14. pointing
  15. ballooning
  16. bagging
Antonyms:
  1. depressing
  2. sinking
To extend or jut out; project.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. bulging
Extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. jutting
  2. projected
  3. projecting
  4. relieved
  5. sticking
  6. sticking-out

Protruding Sentence Examples

  • Its covers were loose, the pages within protruding at odd angles.

  • Jule looked down at the arrow protruding from his shoulder, growing annoyed with her for the first time.

  • The Other's words slowed, and the creature looked down at the protruding weapon.

  • The suspended cord brushed his shoulder and he could close his eyes and still see the protruding tongue, the open, frightened eyes, a body stiff and absent of life.

  • The seaward horn of this bay, however, is formed by a narrow protruding bank of sand and stones, thrown up by a southward current along the Yorkshire coast, and known as Spurn Head.

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