Synonyms for projecting
- adjective
Most common
prominent salient outstanding protuberant projected relieved
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Prominent — sticking out
prominent, salient, outstanding, protuberant, protuberous, extuberant dated
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Sticking out.
I caught and tore my coat on the projecting nail.
- adj. 2
Giving an outward appearance, in order to avoid a direct connection or to disguise or inflate the real essence.
Related words
- Word family
- projectingly
Example sentences
- protuberant The kleptomaniac struggled with the protuberant loot.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| projecting | falling | |
| protuberant | falling | |
| projective | steady | |
| protrusive | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- salient3
- 8 letters
- relieved2
- 9 letters
- prominent3, projected3
- 10 letters
- projective3, protrusive, extuberant
- 11 letters
- outstanding3, protuberant, protuberous
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (salient3 = 3 syllables).