Synonyms of bulging

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adjective

1

as in swollen

Synonyms & Similar Words

• swollen
• protuberant
• dilated
• distended
• turgid
• blown
• varicose
• puffed
• overinflated
• bloated
• tumescent
• varicosed
• expanded
• blown up
• tumid
• ballooned
• ballooning
• ventricose
• dilating
• turgescent

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• collapsed
• deflated
• detumescent

• collapsed
• deflated
• detumescent

2

as in bursting

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bursting
• brimming
• filled
• stuffed
• saturated
• crammed
• packed
• chock-full
• crowded
• jammed
• loaded
• chockful
• teeming
• fat
• abundant
• full
• rife
• swarming
• overstuffed
• overflowing
• jam-packed
• awash
• replete
• fraught
• overfilled
• clogged
• overcrowded
• overfull
• overloaded
• thick
• congested
• overladen
• flush
• thronging
• lousy
• abounding
• humming
• buzzing
• bustling
• surfeited
• busy
• lively
• animated
• alive
• astir

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• empty
• blank
• devoid
• bare
• vacant
• void
• barren
• stark
• depleted
• short
• insufficient
• incomplete
• drained
• deficient
• exhausted

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• empty
• blank
• devoid
• bare
• vacant
• void
• barren
• stark
• depleted
• short
• insufficient
• incomplete
• drained
• deficient
• exhausted

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bulging

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verb

present participle of bulge

1

as in protruding

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 & Similar Words

• protruding
• poking
• swelling
• jutting
• billowing
• overhanging
• projecting
• ballooning
• bellying
• pouting
• standing out
• pouching
• sticking out
• bunching
• pooching
• beetling
• bagging
• starting
• extending
• stretching
• lengthening
• inflating
• distending
• doming
• dilating
• mushrooming
• expanding
• elongating
• snowballing
• blowing up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• shrinking
• contracting
• compressing
• condensing
• constricting

• shrinking
• contracting
• compressing
• condensing
• constricting

2

as in buzzing

to be copiously supplied

this guidebook to San Francisco positively bulges with useful information

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bursting
• buzzing
• brimming
• teeming
• humming
• overflowing
• bristling
• swarming
• crawling
• abounding
• bustling
• pullulating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lacking
• wanting
• needing

• lacking
• wanting
• needing