Need another word that means the same as “protrude”? Find 26 synonyms and 30 related words for “protrude” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Protrude” are: bulge, pouch, bug out, bulge out, come out, pop, pop out, start, jut, jut out, project, stick out, poke out, stand out, come through, peek, poke, stick up, hang out, loom, loom out, extend, obtrude, sticking out, jutting, jutting out
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “protrude” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| bug out | Tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information. |
| bulge | Cause to bulge or swell outwards. His stomach bulged after the huge meal. |
| bulge out | Bulge outward. |
| come out | Extend or reach. |
| come through | Come to pass; arrive, as in due course. |
| extend | Thrust or extend out. The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent. |
| hang out | Be placed in position as by a hinge. |
| jut | Extend out, over, or beyond the main body or line of something. A rock jutted out from the side of the bank. |
| jut out | Extend out or project in space. |
| jutting | Extend out or project in space. |
| jutting out | Extend out or project in space. |
| loom | Weave on a loom. Another air plane loomed into the sky. |
| loom out | Come into view indistinctly, often threateningly. |
| obtrude | Thrust oneself in as if by force. A sound from the reception hall obtruded into his thoughts. |
| peek | Throw a glance at; take a brief look at. I only peeked I didn t see anything interesting. |
| poke | Prod and stir a fire with a poker to make it burn more fiercely. Don t forget to poke holes in the dough to allow steam to escape. |
| poke out | Hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument. |
| pop | Hit a pop fly. He popped the petit four into his mouth. |
| pop out | Take drugs, especially orally. |
| pouch | Put into a pouch. Hick pouched his fourth catch with ease. |
| project | Draw a projection of. Spending was projected at 72 900 million. |
| stand out | Occupy a place or location, also metaphorically. |
| start | Play in the starting lineup. Below Roaring Springs the real desert starts. |
| stick out | Pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument. |
| stick up | Saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous. |
| sticking out | Fasten with or as with pins or nails. |
| begin | Begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object. The cycleway begins at Livingston village. |
| blurt | Utter impulsively. She blurted out the truth. |
| bulge | Cause to bulge or swell outwards. The veins in his neck bulged. |
| bump | In a race gain a bump against. The children were given the bumps. |
| excrescence | A distinct outgrowth on a body or plant, resulting from disease or abnormality. The bony excrescence between its horns. |
| extend | Extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length. Extend the casserole with a little rice. |
| fill | The action of filling something especially of shading in a region of a computer graphics display. A fill of tobacco. |
| forward | Moving forward. Forward my mail. |
| fruition | Something that is made real or concrete. The apples in the orchards gave a suggestion of sour fruition. |
| hammer | Strike or knock at or on something violently with one s hand or with a hammer or other object. Willis was hammered in the recession. |
| impale | Display (a coat of arms) side by side with another on the same shield, separated by a vertical line. His head was impaled on a pike and exhibited for all to see. |
| jut | Extend out or project in space. His sharp nose jutted out. |
| lace | Of a garment or shoe be fastened by means of laces. Rosina laced her up tight to show off her neat waist. |
| machination | A plot or scheme. |
| mount | A mounting consisting of a piece of metal as in a ring or other jewelry that holds a gem in place. Mount a theater production. |
| overhang | A quantity of securities or commodities large enough to make prices fall if offered for sale. He crouched beneath an overhang of bushes. |
| pinch | Make ridges into by pinching together. Mrs Grandison s pointed Italian style shoes were already beginning to pinch her feet. |
| porcupine | A large rodent with defensive spines or quills on the body and tail. |
| proffer | An offer or proposal. She proffered a glass of wine. |
| project | Extend out or project in space. He strives to project an image of youth. |
| projection | The projection of an image from a film onto a screen. Quality illustrations for overhead projection. |
| proposal | The act of making a proposal. They listened to her proposal. |
| protrusion | The act of projecting out from something. A protrusion of rock jutted from the mountainside. |
| protuberance | The condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out. The large size and protuberance of the incisors. |
| spike | Bring forth a spike or spikes. The punch is spiked. |
| spindle | A Eurasian shrub or small tree with slender toothed leaves and pink capsules containing bright orange seeds Its hard timber was formerly used for making spindles. Chromosomes are distributed by spindles in mitosis and meiosis. |
| stake | Support a plant with a stake or stakes. Stake your goat. |
| start | Give a signal to competitors to start in a race. Prices for these homes start at 250 000. |
| transfix | To render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe. She stared at him transfixed. |
| undertaking | The action of undertaking to do something. The knowing undertaking of an obligation. |
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