projection - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting

Synonyms

• ejection
• expulsion
• forcing out
• projection

More generic

• actuation
• propulsion

More specific

• belch
• belching
• burp
• burping
• coughing up
• disgorgement
• emesis
• eructation
• expectoration
• puking
• regurgitation
• spit
• spitting
• vomit
• vomiting

Noun

the act of projecting out from something

Synonyms

• jut
• jutting
• projection
• protrusion

More generic

• change of shape

Noun

any structure that branches out from a central support

Synonyms

• projection

More generic

• construction
• structure

More specific

• arm
• boss
• branch
• brim
• burr
• cleat
• cornice
• drip
• drip mold
• drip mould
• flange
• flue
• fluke
• head
• knob
• limb
• lobe
• lug
• overhang
• prong
• rim
• spike
• tenon
• tooth

Noun

the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction

Synonyms

• projection

More generic

• representation

More specific

• map projection

Noun

a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations

Synonyms

• projection

More generic

• anticipation
• prediction
• prevision

Noun

a planned undertaking

Synonyms

• project
• projection

More generic

• plan
• program
• programme

More specific

• cash cow
• money-spinner
• moneymaker

Noun

the projection of an image from a film onto a screen

Synonyms

• projection

More generic

• visual communication

Noun

the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality

Synonyms

• acoustic projection
• projection
• sound projection

More generic

• acoustic phenomenon

Noun

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else

Synonyms

• projection

More generic

• defence
• defence mechanism
• defence reaction
• defense
• defense mechanism
• defense reaction

Noun

any solid convex shape that juts out from something

Synonyms

• projection

More generic

• convex shape
• convexity

More specific

• acantha
• bulge
• bump
• excrescence
• extrusion
• gibbosity
• gibbousness
• hump
• jag
• jut
• keel
• knife
• prominence
• protrusion
• protuberance
• salient
• spine
• spur
• swelling
• tail
• tail end
• tongue

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