protuberant

Examples

• All

• Jaime feels the thick, spatulate fingers softly digging into his shoulders, the protuberant stomach pressing against the slope of his shoulder blades.

  Fiction book (1996)

• She pushes her long hair behind her slightly protuberant ears.

  Fiction book (1990)

• I assume the track continued on its course around his protuberant belly.

  Fiction book (2002)

• His eyes were gray and slightly protuberant, an effect heightened by his receding hairline.

  Academic text (1994)

• There, on a protuberant rocky mound, we find a group of apes made conspicuous by their isolation.

  Academic text (2006)

• Olive, who had just turned twelve, kept tucking her blonde hair behind her protuberant ears and sighing loudly between bites.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Mrs. Graven, the shy, aged mathematics instructor whose throat was peppered with protuberant moles.

  Fiction book (1999)

• She too had a moderate nasal hump and protuberant nasal tip that had bothered her psychologically throughout her adult life.

  Academic text (1994)

• Grausse's eyes, protuberant and teary, traveled around to touch everyone in the group, and he nodded deeply, as if feeling the solemnity of his role as sixth, as a sacrificial lamb.

  Fiction book (1998)

• His pale, unusually protuberant eyes made him look both startled and hypnotically intense.

Synonyms

S

sticking out

vsprotuberant

15 2.9

Coming out past a surface so it can be seen

is more specific by adding a curved, rounded form to that extension

B

bulbous

vsprotuberant

10 5.5

Having a round, swollen shape like a bulb

is like this but stresses both roundness and outward extension

B

bellied

vsprotuberant

9 5.6

Having a rounded shape that sticks out from the middle of the body

is broader, describing any curved outward swell not only belly shapes

B

bulging

vsprotuberant

2 3.6

Sticking out in a rounded shape because something inside pushes

is similar but also implies a noticeable outward extension beyond the surface

B

bulgy

vsprotuberant

1 4.3

Sticking out in a rounded way

is more strongly about both the curve and obvious outward projection

P

protruding

vsprotuberant

4.2

Sticking out from a surface like a nail or branch

is more about a curved, rounded swell as well as extending outward

P

projecting

vsprotuberant

4.2

Sticks out from a surface or edge

is more about a rounded, curved swell rather than only straight projection

J

jutting

vsprotuberant

4.8

Sticking out from a surface or edge

is less angular and more about smooth, curved outward swelling

P

protrusive

vsprotuberant

7.6

Sticking out from a surface so it is noticed

is steadier, describing a curved, rounded swell rather than thrusting out

Antonyms

F

flat

797 1.0

Level and even without parts higher or lower

How Protruding

distended

• Specialized

7.8

bulging

2 3.6

protuberant

1 8.4

projecting

4.2

raised

1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology