protuberance

Meaning

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

Synonyms

bump

swelling

lump

bulge

knob

projection

knot

🪢

prominence

excrescence

gnarl

protrusion

blister

tuber

gibbosity

hump

jut

ledge

gibbousness

tumour

protuberancy

bulging

nipple

node

extrusion

tumor

puff

rising

salience

sore

spur

stud

swell

tuberosity

appendage

wen

prominentia

bezel of a ring

flower calyx

ectasis

tumescence

appendix

beak

belly

boil

bunch

button

callosity

contusion

convexity

cusp

Translations

protubérance

protuberanza

knobbel

protuberancia

Beule

saillie

protuberância

bosse

knoest

knol

nó

🪢

galho

Knoten

🪢

galo

🐓

Knolle

💡

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɹəʊˈtjuːbəɹəns/

Etymology

From French protubérance, from Latin prōtubērantia (“bulge; protuberance”), from prō + tūber (“swelling; protuberance”) + -antia (“-ance”).