STICK OUT Synonyms: 96 Similar and Opposite Words

stick out

verb

Definition of stick out

as in to protrude

to extend outward beyond a usual point no feet sticking out in the aisles, please

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as in to stand

to put up with (something painful or difficult) managed to stick out the whole race despite her bad knee

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Recent Examples of stick out The Lotte sticks out from its Downtown surroundings, the shiny glass of the tower skyrocketing up from the otherwise ordinary city streets. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 Xuan was seated in a wheelchair with a bandage on the back of his neck and intravenous ports sticking out of his chest. — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026 Bachmeier’s jersey number sticks out at a position in which almost everyone wears a number in the teens or single digits. — Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Oct. 2026 One stuck out, an inmate around Pendley’s age who had accidentally killed a man in a bar fight while defending his wife. — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stick out

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Verb

Once fished to the brink of extinction globally, sand tiger sharks, that iconic aquarium shark with a jaw of protruding, jagged teeth that only a mother could love, have been increasing in the Boston Harbor over the last decade.

— Asia London Palomba, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Oct. 2026
The face is a glossy black plastic with the exterior lenses slightly protruding, keeping the front from looking like a single flat surface.

— Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of protrude

Verb

Hours later, a group of rescuers in hard hats were using poles stripped from trees to poke at the huge pile of rubble.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
Wilson crossed the ball over at a relaxed pace, and Leonard extended one arm of his 7-foot-3 wingspan to poke it away.

— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of poke

Verb

Other individuals simply need help learning to tolerate the discomfort of seeing trypophobic images.

— Gabriela Galvin, Scientific American, 26 Oct. 2026
No more broken promises, rampant corruption, or tolerating an elite class living in luxury while the citizens are ignored.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of tolerate

Verb

When sprayed on my wrist, tobacco and musks stood out as star notes, while on Murden, the fragrance read sweet and less resinous.

— Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
What stood out to Stewart was the early voting activity in Maine and Iowa, two states that haven't been major battlegrounds in recent elections.

— A Martínez, NPR, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of stand out

Verb

From there, congressional leadership would have to decide how to handle the impasse, with three cases over the last five decades to draw on as precedent.

— David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2026
AgiBot says the model can also handle dexterous manipulation without requiring additional fine-tuning for every new activity.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of handle

Verb

Earlier in the week, the team said the 23-year-old NFL player had been dealing with a bulging disc in his back.

— Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
The fear of effeminization has never felt so acute, which presumably is why Matt Damon’s Odysseus needed bulging muscles, to ensure his sensitivity was mitigated by pecs of steel.

— Jay Weissberg, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of bulge

Verb

But up to this point, DIIV have endured—thrived, even—because of their refusal to capitulate to the industry winds that swirled around them.

— Larry Fitzmaurice, Pitchfork, 30 Oct. 2026
The character introduced as youthful comic relief became an enduring piece of the series’ optimistic picture of the future.

— Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2026

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