Bulging

//ˈbʌldʒɪŋ//

Synonyms for "bulging" (92 found)

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Closest matches (19)

convex bagging baggy ballooning bas relief bellied bellying bellylike billowing billowy bloated bosomy brimful brimming bulbose bulbous

Adjective(3 words)

bellied bellying bulbous

Strong matches (27)

Adjective(2 words)

bulgy convex

bumped bumpy bunched bunchy bursting camber capacity chock full chock-full chuck-full congested cram-full crammed distended embossment eminence extrusion farci filled flush

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full full to bursting hillocky hummocky

Adjective(1 words)

gibbous

Related words (46)

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relief replete rotund round rounded rounded out salience salient satiated saturated soaked sro standing room only stuffed surfeited swelling swollen topful tuberosity verrucated verrucose warty

Adjective(3 words)

inflated obtrusive poppy

Adjective(1 words)

protuberant

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Synonyms

2 entries

convex protuberant

form of

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bulge

related to

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bulge

similar

15 entries

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

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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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