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Definition/Meaning

(noun)

a rounded structure jutting out or protruding from something, especially when it distorts the flatness of a surface;

e.g. The awkwardly-shaped object caused a bulge on the side of the bag.

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Similar Words

Abound

Bag

Balloon

Beetle

Belly

Better

Billow

Brim

Bristle

Bunch

Burst

Bustle

Buzz

Camber

Convexity

Crawl

Dome

Drop

Edge

Hum

Jump

Jut

Knurl

Overflow

Overhang

Poke

Pooch

Pouch

Pout

Project

Projection

Protrude

Protrusion

Protuberance

Pull

Pullulate

Standout

Start

Stead

Swarm

Swell

Teem

Upper

Vantage

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Opposite Words

Alveolus

Bar

Basin

Borehole

Bowl

Catch

Cavity

Check

Chuckhole

Clog

Compress

Condense

Constrict

Contract

Crater

Crimp

Detriment

Dimple

Dint

Dip

Disability

Embarrassment

Excavation

Failing

Fracture

Furrow

Gouge

Groove

Hitch

Hole

Hollow

Hurdle

Imbalance

Impairment

Impression

Indentation

Indenture

Inequality

Interference

Lack

Let

Lurch

Manacle

Need

Notch

Pit

Pocket

Posthole

Rub

Rupture

Setback

Shackle

Shortcoming

Shrink

Socket

Stop

Trammel

Trench

Trough

Valley

Wallow

Want

Well

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Related Words

Allowance

Ascendancy

Benefit

Blessing

Blob

Block

Boon

Break

Bump

Coil

Command

Corkscrew

Curl

Dilate

Distend

Dome

Dominance

Elongate

Enlargement

Entwine

Expand

Expansion

Extend

Foothold

Godsend

Hill

Hump

Increase

Inflate

Knob

Knot

Knurl

Lead

Lengthen

Lump

Manna

Margin

Mastery

Mound

Mushroom

Nub

Odds

Opportunity

Piece

Portion

Precedence

Predominance

Preference

Prerogative

Privilege

Puff

Section

Seniority

Snag

Snowball

Spiral

Start

Stretch

Superiority

Supremacy

Swelling

Transcendence

Twine

Twist

Wind

Windfall

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