Synonyms of jutting

jutting 1 of 2

adjective

as in projecting

Related Words

• projecting
• bulbous
• swollen
• enlarged
• risen
• distended
• inflated
• puffy
• blown up
• expanded
• ballooning
• convex
• bloated
• protruding
• puffed
• protuberant
• extended
• rounded
• spherical
• bulging
• protrusive
• globular
• domed
• cambered
• round
• global

Dissimilar Words

• hollow
• concave
• sunken
• indented
• depressed
• recessed
• dished
• dented
• cupped
• cavernous
• crescentic
• alveolar
• recurved
• cuplike
• dimpled
• pockmarked
• cuppy

jutting

2 of 2

verb

present participle of jut

as in protruding

to extend outward beyond a usual point

the sandbar juts out into the ocean

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• shrinking
• contracting
• compressing
• condensing
• constricting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of jutting

Verb

The buildings and parking lots have vanished in a thick mound of debris, with pieces of concrete and steel rebar jutting out from the mud. — Kaylah Jackson, NBC news, 8 Sep. 2026

It’s set on a remote farm nestled high in the Rocky Mountains in the early 1950s, and the images — of jutting peaks and plunging valleys, of endless stretches of pine, of the craggy frosted grandeur of it all — are vivid enough to carry you away. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

Their sweeping glass, jutting forward, teleports you outside the site, cinematically reframing the immediate surroundings, and the city. — Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

Broken pieces of a golden temple were seen jutting out from the sand, while the carcass of a dead buffalo littered the area. — ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026

In Westeros, everyone always fights about the Iron Throne—a chair like an iron cowlick, constructed with actual swords seized from vanquished enemies, jutting every which way. — Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Sitting on a spit of land jutting out into Lake Erie, Cedar Point Shores draws inspiration from local Great Lakes culture, weather, wildlife, and lore for its rides, slides, and attractions. — Carly Caramanna, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2026

Paleontologist Susan Hendrickson discovered three huge bones jutting out of a cliff on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. — USA Today, 28 July 2026

The floor plans were a jigsaw alignment, jutting around to provide access to windows and narrow harbor views. — Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026