Bulging

/ˈbʌldʒɪŋ/

Synonyms for "bulging" (123 found)

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Closest matches (25)

Adjective(7 words)

aneurismal bellied bellying bulbous bulgier bulgiest bulgy

bagging baggy ballooningbas reliefbellied bellying bellylike billowing billowy bloated bosomy brimful brimming bulbose bulbous

Noun(1 words)

barrelling

Verb(2 words)

billowed bulged

Strong matches (37)

bumped bumpy bunched bunchy bursting camber capacitychock fullchock-full chuck-full congested convex cram-full crammed distended embossment eminence extrusion farci filled

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flush fullfull to burstinghillocky hummocky

Adjective(5 words)

chockful convexconvex mirrorgibbose humpbacked

Verb(2 words)

distend distended

Noun(4 words)

distending distensiondomed roofdoming

Adjective(1 words)

gibbous

Related words (61)

Adjective(1 words)

inflated

jam packedjam-packed moutonnee overfull overstuffed packedpacked like sardinesplenary pneumatic potbellied pouching projection prominence prominent protrusion protuberanceready to burstrelief replete rotund

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round roundedrounded outsalience salient satiated saturated soaked srostanding room onlystuffed surfeited swelling swollen topful tuberosity verrucated verrucose warty

Verb(11 words)

jutted overfilled overpacked packed pooched projecting protrude protruded protruding swell swollen

Adjective(8 words)

outward bulge mirrorpaunchiest prominent protuberant puffy tuberous varicose ventricose

Noun(2 words)

potbelly puffing

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

7 entries

action verbappearancecapacity statechange of state verbphysical descriptionshapestate of fullness

More specific

8 entries

balloondisc bulgeeye bulgeinflateneck bulgeoverfull bagoverfull containeroverfull folder

Collocations

10 entries

bulging abdomenbulging backpackbulging discbulging discsbulging eyesbulging foreheadbulging musclesbulging veinbulging veinsbulging walls

Inflections

2 entries

bulged bulges

Derivations

2 entries

bulge bulginess

similar

15 entries

bell-shaped biconvex broken-backed convexo-concave convexo-convex gibbose gibbous helmet-shaped hogged lenticular lentiform planoconvex protrusive umbel-like umbellate

Sample sentences

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Her pockets were bulging with walnuts.

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The so-called expert was just bulging with misinformation about the new product.

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He has bulging biceps.

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They both walked out of their offices, carrying bulging briefcases.

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