protuberant
Meaning of protuberant
- protruding; bulging.
his protuberant eyes fluttered open
mid 17th century: from late Latin protuberant- ‘swelling out’, from the verb protuberare, from pro- ‘forward, out’ + tuber ‘bump’.
Information about protuberant
- It is an adjective.
- Languages in which protuberant is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of protuberant
pro-tu-ber-ant
- It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
- protuberant is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
protuberant synonyms
Meaning bellied:
bellied, bellying, bulbous, bulging, bulgy
Meaning make a light explosive sound:
Meaning becoming greater in intensity, number, amount, or volume:
Meaning (especially of a part of the body) become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid:
Meaning swollen due to pressure from inside; bloated:
Meaning extend out, over, or beyond the main body or line of something:
Meaning sticking out; projecting:
Meaning extending outwards beyond something else; protruding:
Meaning projecting from something; protuberant:
Meaning feeling deep pleasure or satisfaction as a result of one's own achievements, qualities, or possessions or those of someone with whom one is closely associated:
Meaning having a hump or humps; hump-shaped:
Meaning noticeable or prominent in an unwelcome or intrusive way:
Meaning (of the eyes) protuberant or rolling:
Meaning tending to protrude or project outwards:
Meaning protruding:
Meaning forming or constituting an excrescence:
Meaning (of the moon) having the illuminated part greater than a semicircle and less than a circle:
protuberant antonyms
Meaning having sunk or been submerged in water:
Words that rhyme with protuberant
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