Synonyms of the word

excrescence

• n. something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else.
• n. a disfiguring or unwanted mark or adjunct.
• n. (phonetics) epenthesis of a consonant, e.g., warmth as [ˈwɔrmpθ] (adding a [p] between [m] and [θ]), or…

appendage

• n. an external body part that projects from the body.
• n. a natural prolongation or projection from a part of any organism.
• n. a part that is joined to something larger.

bulge

• n. Something sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when…
• n. The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.
• n. (nautical) The bilge of a vessel.
• n. (colloquial) The outline of penis and testicles visible through clothing; manbulge.
• v. (intransitive) To stick out from (a surface).
• v. (intransitive) To bilge, as a ship; to founder.

bump

• n. A light blow or jolting collision.
• n. The sound of such a collision.
• n. A protuberance on a level surface.
• n. A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.
• n. One of the protuberances on the cranium which, in phrenology, are associated with distinct faculties or…
• n. (rowing) The point, in a race in which boats are spaced apart at the start, at which a boat begins to…
• n. The swollen abdomen of a pregnant woman.
• n. (Internet) A post in an Internet forum thread made in order to raise the thread's profile by returning…
• n. A temporary increase in a quantity, as shown in a graph.
• n. (slang) A dose of a drug such as ketamine or cocaine, when snorted recreationally.
• n. The noise made by the bittern; a boom.
• n. A coarse cotton fabric.
• n. A training match for a fighting dog.
• n. (snooker, slang) The jaw of either of the middle pockets.
• v. To knock against or run into with a jolt.
• v. To move up or down by a step.
• v. (Internet) To post in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it…
• v. (chemistry, of a superheated liquid) To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.
• v. (transitive) To move (a booked passenger) to a later flight because of earlier delays or cancellations.
• v. (transitive) To move the time of a scheduled event.
• v. (archaic) To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise; to boom.
• interj. (Internet) Posted in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to…

extrusion

• n. A manufacturing process where a billet of material is pushed and/or drawn through a die to create a shaped…
• n. An item formed by the process of extrusion.

gibbosity

• n. The state of being gibbous or gibbose; gibbousness.

gibbousness

• n. The quality of being gibbous.

growth

• n. An increase in size, number, value, or strength.
• n. (biology) The act of growing, getting bigger or higher.
• n. (biology) Something that grows or has grown.
• n. (pathology) An abnormal mass such as a tumor.

hump

• n. A mound of earth.
• n. A rounded mass, especially a fleshy mass such as on a camel.
• n. A speed hump.
• n. A deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine.
• n. (slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
• n. (Britain, slang) A bad mood.
• n. (slang) A painfully boorish person.
• v. (transitive) To bend something into a hump.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To carry (something), especially with some exertion.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To dry-hump.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To have sex (with).

jut

• n. Something that sticks out.
• v. (intransitive) To stick out.
• v. (obsolete) To butt.

outgrowth

• n. Anything that grows out of something else.

process

• n. A series of events which produce a result, especially as contrasted to product.
• n. (manufacturing) A set of procedures used to produce a product, most commonly in the food and chemical…
• n. A path of succession of states through which a system passes.
• n. (anatomy) Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
• n. (law) Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate,…
• n. (biology) An outgrowth of tissue or cell.
• n. (anatomy) A structure that arises above a surface.
• n. (computing) A task or program that is or was executing.
• v. (transitive) To perform a particular process.
• v. (transitive) To think an information over, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept…
• v. To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer…
• v. (chiefly Britain) To walk in a procession.

projection

• n. Something which projects, protrudes, juts out, sticks out, or stands out.
• n. The action of projecting or throwing or propelling something.
• n. The display of an image by devices such as movie projector, video projector, overhead projector or slide…
• n. A forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation.
• n. (psychology) A belief or assumption that others have similar thoughts and experiences as oneself.
• n. (photography) The image that a translucent object casts onto another object.
• n. (cartography) Any of several systems of intersecting lines that allow the curved surface of the earth…
• n. (geometry) An image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions.
• n. (linear algebra) An idempotent linear transformation which maps vectors from a vector space onto a subspace.
• n. (mathematics) A transformation which extracts a fragment of a mathematical object.
• n. (category theory) A morphism from a categorical product to one of its (two) components.

prominence

• n. The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent.
• n. Relative importance.
• n. A bulge: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form.
• n. (topography) Autonomous height; relative height or prime factor; a concept used in the categorization…

protrusion

• n. (uncountable) The act of protruding.
• n. (uncountable) The state of being protruded.
• n. (countable) Anything that protrudes.

protuberance

• n. A bulge, knob, swelling, spine or anything that protrudes.