protrusion

12 synonyms and 4 antonyms for protrusion, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.

Noun — The action of sticking out from a surface.

Synonyms

Still standard English, but they carry more weight.

prominence hump bump projection

Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.

excrescence bulge gibbousness jut protuberance jutting gibbosity extrusion

The action of sticking out from a surface.

“The tortoise, with its characteristic protrusion of the head and neck, was a symbol sacred to Venus. It represented the procreative principle.”

excrescence bulge gibbousness jut protuberance prominence jutting hump bump gibbosity extrusion projection

Something that sticks out from a surface.

Opposites

indentation cavity recess hollow

Taken from French protrusion.

bump hollow projection prominence cavity recess hump bulge protuberance jutting indentation jut