Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "bulge" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

abulge backbulge battle of the bulge bulge bracket bulge in the onion bag bulge the onion bag bulgeless bulgelike bulger bulgingly bulgy cockbulge forebulge galactic bulge get the bulge on girlbulge manbulge outbulge outbulge protobulge pseudobulge tentabulge upbulging youth bulge

Etymologically Related To

bellows belly bilge budge budget

Context

nautical

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

change form change shape deform jut jut out project projection protrude stick out swell

Type Of (IsA)

projection

Manner Of

change shape stick out swell

Related Terms

bilge cask founder genitals male

Synonym Network

protrude

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.