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jut

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of jut

a part that sticks out from the general mass of something

Cape Fear is one of the more colorfully named juts along the North Carolina coast

Synonyms of jut

bulge, bunch, convexity, overhang, projection, protrusion, protuberance, swell

Words Related to jut

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

block, piece, portion, section

enlargement, escalation, expansion, increase

Near Antonyms of jut

crater, hole, well

basin, bowl, dip, valley

furrow, groove, trench, trough

dimple, gouge, impression, notch, pocket

Antonyms of jut

cavity, concave, concavity, dent, depression, dint, hollow, indent, indentation, indenture, pit, recess

jut

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of jut

to extend outward beyond a usual point

the sandbar juts out into the ocean

Synonyms of jut

bag, balloon, beetle, belly, billow, bulge, bunch, overhang, poke, pooch [chiefly dialect], pouch, pout, project, protrude, stand out, start, stick out, swell

Words Related to jut

blow up, inflate

dilate, distend, expand

mushroom, snowball

elongate, extend, lengthen, stretch

Near Antonyms of jut

compress, condense, constrict, contract, shrink

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