'Protuberant' definitions:
Definition of 'protuberant'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Protuberant'
From: GCIDE
- Protuberant \Pro*tu"ber*ant\, a. [L. protuberans, -antis, p. pr. of protuberare. See Protuberate.] Prominent, or excessively prominent; bulging beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; swelling; as, a protuberant joint; a protuberant eye. -- {Pro*tu"ber*ant*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'protuberant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- beetling,
- bold,
- bulbous,
- bulging,
- distended,
- eminent,
- emissile,
- excrescent,
- excrescential,
- extruding,
- extrusive,
- gibbous,
- jutting,
- outstanding,
- overhanging,
- prognathous,
- projecting,
- prominent,
- protrudent,
- protruding,
- protrusile,
- protrusive,
- protuberating,
- salient,
- swelling,
- swollen,
- tumescent,
- tumid,
- turgid