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bulge

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of bulge

1 a part that sticks out from the general mass of something
  • several bulges in the old vinyl flooring
Synonyms of bulge

bunch, convexity, jut, overhang, projection, protrusion, protuberance, swell
Words Related to bulge

dome

blob, bump, dilatation, hump, knob, knot, knurl, lump, nub, obtrusion, puff, snag, swelling

block, piece, portion, section

enlargement, escalation, expansion, increase

hill, mound
Near Antonyms of bulge

crater, hole, well

basin, bowl, dip, valley

furrow, groove, trench, trough

dimple, gouge, impression, notch, pocket
Antonyms of bulge

cavity, concave, concavity, dent, depression, dint, hollow, indent, indentation, indenture, pit, recess
2 the more favorable condition or position in a competition
  • Somehow she got the bulge on him in the race for the statehouse.
Synonyms of bulge

advantage, better, catbird seat, drop, edge, high ground, inside track, jump, pull, stead, upper hand, vantage, whip hand
Words Related to bulge

allowance, head start, lead, leg up, margin, odds, start

ascendancy (also ascendency), command, dominance, mastery, predominance, superiority, supremacy, transcendence, transcendency

precedence, preference, prerogative, privilege, seniority

break, foothold, opportunity

benefit, blessing, boon, felicity, godsend, manna, windfall
Near Antonyms of bulge

detriment, stranglehold

disparity, imbalance, inequality, unevenness

disability, failing, impairment, shortcoming

bar, catch, check, clog, crimp, embarrassment, hindrance, hitch, hurdle, impediment, interference, let, manacle, obstacle, obstruction, rub, shackle, stop, trammel

lurch, setback
Antonyms of bulge

disadvantage, drawback, handicap, liability, minus, penalty, strike

Synonym Discussion of bulge

projection, protrusion, protuberance, bulge mean an extension beyond the normal line or surface. projection implies a jutting out especially at a sharp angle.
    • those projections along the wall are safety hazards
protrusion suggests a thrusting out so that the extension seems a deformity.
    • the bizarre protrusions of a coral reef
protuberance implies a growing or swelling out in rounded form.
    • a skin disease marked by warty protuberances
bulge suggests an expansion caused by internal pressure.
    • bulges in the tile floor

bulge

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of bulge

1 to extend outward beyond a usual point
  • The sides of the returning camper's suitcase bulged with a month's worth of dirty laundry.
Synonyms of bulge

bag, balloon, beetle, belly, billow, bunch, jut, overhang, poke, pouch, pout, project, protrude, stand out, start, stick out, swell
Words Related to bulge

dome

blow up, inflate

dilate, distend, expand

mushroom, snowball

elongate, extend, lengthen, stretch
Near Antonyms of bulge

compress, condense, constrict, contract, shrink
2 to be copiously supplied
  • This guidebook to San Francisco positively bulges with useful information.
Synonyms of bulge

abound, brim, bristle, burst, bustle, buzz, crawl, hum, overflow, swarm, teem
Near Antonyms of bulge

lack, need, want

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