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Synonyms & Antonyms of bulging
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
as in dilated, protuberant
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2
as in bursting, crammed
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for bulging
- brimming,
- bursting,
- chock-full
- (or chockful),
- crammed,
- crowded,
- fat,
- filled,
- full,
- jammed,
- jam-packed,
- loaded,
- packed,
- saturated,
- stuffed
- abounding,
- abundant,
- awash,
- flush,
- fraught,
- lousy,
- replete,
- rife,
- swarming,
- teeming,
- thick,
- thronging
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for bulging
bulging
verbpresent participle of bulge
Synonyms & Antonyms of bulging (Entry 2 of 2)
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 for bulging
- bagging,
- ballooning,
- beetling,
- bellying,
- billowing,
- bunching,
- jutting,
- overhanging,
- poking,
- pooching
- [chiefly dialect],
- pouching,
- pouting,
- projecting,
- protruding,
- standing out,
- starting,
- sticking out,
- swelling
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The first known use of bulging was in 1812
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