bulge | Definition of bulge

bulge

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of bulge

1 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 of bulge

bag, balloon, beetle, belly, billow, bunch, jut, overhang, poke, pooch [chiefly dialect], pouch, pout, project, protrude, stand out, start, stick out, swell

Words Related to bulge

blow up, inflate

dilate, distend, expand

mushroom, snowball

elongate, extend, lengthen, stretch

Near Antonyms of bulge

compress, condense, constrict, contract, shrink

2 to be copiously supplied

this guidebook to San Francisco positively bulges with useful information

Synonyms of bulge

abound, brim, bristle, burst, bustle, buzz, crawl, hum, overflow, pullulate, swarm, teem

Near Antonyms of bulge

lack, need, want