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PROTUBERATES Antonyms

There are 9 antonyms of the word protuberates. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For PROTUBERATES

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compresses

verb

v

noun

• a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)

verb

• make more compact by or as if by pressing

• squeeze or press together

contracts

noun

n

noun

• a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law

• (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make

• a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid

verb

• enter into a contractual arrangement

• engage by written agreement

• squeeze or press together

• be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness

• become smaller or draw together

• make smaller

• compress or concentrate

• make or become more narrow or restricted

• reduce in scope while retaining essential elements

diminishes

verb

v

verb

• decrease in size, extent, or range

• lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of

flattens

verb

v

verb

• make flat or flatter

• become flat or flatter

• lower the pitch of (musical notes)

recedes

verb

v

verb

• pull back or move away or backward

• retreat

• become faint or more distant

retracts

verb

v

verb

• formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure

• pull away from a source of disgust or fear

• use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)

• pull inward or towards a center

shrinks

verb

v

noun

• a physician who specializes in psychiatry

verb

• wither, as with a loss of moisture

• draw back, as with fear or pain

• reduce in size; reduce physically

• become smaller or draw together

• decrease in size, range, or extent

sinks

verb

v

noun

• plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe

• (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system

• a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof

• a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it

verb

• fall or descend to a lower place or level

• cause to sink

• pass into a specified state or condition; sink into

• go under

• descend into or as if into some soft substance or place

• appear to move downward

• fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly

• fall or sink heavily

• embed deeply

subsides

verb

v

verb

• wear off or die down

• sink to a lower level or form a depression

• sink down or precipitate

• descend into or as if into some soft substance or place

Alternatives for COMPRESSES

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Alternatives for CONTRACTS

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Phrases (3)

Alternatives for DIMINISHES

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Alternatives for FLATTENS

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Alternatives for RECEDES

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Alternatives for RETRACTS

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Alternatives for SHRINKS

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Alternatives for SINKS

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