Synonyms of bulging

bulging 1 of 2

adjective

1

as in swollen

Synonyms & Similar Words

• swollen
• protuberant
• dilated
• distended
• turgid
• blown
• varicose
• puffed
• overinflated
• bloated
• tumescent
• varicosed
• expanded
• blown up
• tumid
• ballooned
• ballooning
• ventricose
• dilating
• turgescent

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• collapsed
• deflated
• detumescent

2

as in bursting

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bursting
• brimming
• filled
• stuffed
• saturated
• crammed
• packed
• chock-full
• crowded
• jammed
• loaded
• chockful
• teeming
• fat
• abundant
• full
• rife
• swarming
• overstuffed
• overflowing
• jam-packed
• awash
• replete
• fraught
• overfilled
• clogged
• overcrowded
• overfull
• overloaded
• thick
• congested
• overladen
• flush
• thronging
• lousy
• abounding
• humming
• buzzing
• bustling
• surfeited
• busy
• lively
• animated
• alive
• astir

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• empty
• blank
• devoid
• bare
• vacant
• void
• barren
• stark
• depleted
• short
• insufficient
• incomplete
• drained
• deficient
• exhausted

bulging

2 of 2

verb

present participle of bulge

1

as in protruding

to extend outward beyond a usual point

the sides of the returning camper's suitcase bulged with a month's worth of dirty laundry

Synonyms & Similar Words

• protruding
• poking
• swelling
• jutting
• billowing
• overhanging
• projecting
• ballooning
• bellying
• pouting
• standing out
• pouching
• sticking out
• bunching
• pooching
• beetling
• bagging
• starting
• extending
• stretching
• lengthening
• inflating
• distending
• doming
• dilating
• mushrooming
• expanding
• elongating
• snowballing
• blowing up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• shrinking
• contracting
• compressing
• condensing
• constricting

2

as in buzzing

to be copiously supplied

this guidebook to San Francisco positively bulges with useful information

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bursting
• buzzing
• brimming
• teeming
• humming
• overflowing
• bristling
• swarming
• crawling
• abounding
• bustling
• pullulating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lacking
• wanting
• needing

Examples of bulging in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Particularly, the bulging transition from the more upright trapezoidal lower section of the grille to the hood throws us off. —Mark Takahashi, Car and Driver, 9 Sep. 2022

And the big, bulging, muscles that let Hulk SMASH so effectively aren't the same as carrying a lot of excess fat. —Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 29 Dec. 2021

Indian streamer ALTBalaji has revealed a focus on the burgeoning Indian youth market and a bulging slate. —Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Sep. 2021

Meanwhile, the green frogs are very interested in what is going on right in front of their little bulging eyes. —Cori Brown, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 11 July 2021