STICKS OUT Synonyms: 96 Similar and Opposite Words

sticks out

verb

present tense third-person singular of stick out

as in protrudes

to extend outward beyond a usual point no feet sticking out in the aisles, please

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as in stands

to put up with (something painful or difficult) managed to stick out the whole race despite her bad knee

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Recent Examples of sticks out However, there's one that always sticks out to me above all else. — David Hookstead Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 Nov. 2026 The snowshoe hare’s white winter fur sticks out with less snow on the ground, leaving it more vulnerable to predators. — Connie Hanzhang Jin, NPR, 8 Nov. 2026 This multi-layered material boosts the rocket’s strength to handle the pressure and speeds during its flight, even with a large opening through which the camera pod sticks out. — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026 Downey vogues as the pair walks in the video, while Pascal sticks out his tongue and laughs. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2026 The Lotte sticks out from its Downtown surroundings, the shiny glass of the tower skyrocketing up from the otherwise ordinary city streets. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 After competing in five Winter Olympics, is there one memory that sticks out? — Asa Canty, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2026 Bachmeier’s jersey number sticks out at a position in which almost everyone wears a number in the teens or single digits. — Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Oct. 2026 The drain pipe that sticks out of the wall also needs to be much higher than normal. — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 22 Aug. 2026

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Ping Ping, the male, has dark black circles around his eyes, while Fu Shuang, the female, has a forehead that protrudes a bit, according to the Xinhua News Agency.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
Other animals on-site include a stable full of horses and Cowboy the tortoise, who is about the size of a lawnmower and whose head protrudes from what looks like a Venus flytrap made of bone.

— Emma Madden, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of protrudes

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To Antetokounmpo, Klay Thompson arguably stands closest on the current roster, with his overtime 3-pointer against the Clippers completing that escape act.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2026
Residents can also recycle plastic and cardboard yard signs and metal stands at two events at the county campus.

— Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of stands

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Spaceium says its design handles higher pressures and greater docking misalignment than competing refueling interfaces.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Nov. 2026
The next two years will be defined by how his administration handles a muscular Democratic opposition.

— Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 13 Nov. 2026

Definition of handles

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Or is that simply naivete borne of the American myth that our candidates’ attentiveness extends beyond the ballot box and endures long after Election Day?

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
With 210 guest rooms, including nine suites, and a towering two-story lobby, the family DNA for big and bold endures three generations later.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Oct. 2026

Definition of endures

Verb

When Lear disowns her, the King of France accepts Cordelia as his wife and takes her back to his homeland.

— Langdon Hammer, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
When Danny is assigned to create a holiday scrapbook for his mom, Michaela reluctantly accepts help from his free-spirited substitute teacher, Bryan (Morgan), whose creativity clashes with her need for preciseness and control.

— Rachel LaBonte, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of accepts

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This tough native tolerates drought and dry soil, but benefits from a layer of summer mulch to conserve soil moisture.

— Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2026
Ye-ji has a hunky hedge-fund-type husband, Sang-woo (Zo In-sung), who condescendingly tolerates, but doesn’t finance, his wife’s cinematic caprices.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026