stick out
verb
stuck out; sticking out; sticks out
intransitive verb
1
a
: to jut out : project
b
: to be prominent or conspicuous
2
: to be persistent (as in a demand or an opinion)
transitive verb
: endure, last entry 1 —often used with it
stuck it out to the end
Synonyms
- bag
- balloon
- beetle
- belly
- billow
- bulge
- bunch
- jut
- overhang
- poke
- pooch [chiefly dialect]
- pouch
- pout
- project
- protrude
- stand out
- start
- swell
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
no feet sticking out in the aisles, please managed to stick out the whole race despite her bad knee
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Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 31 July 2022 Reaching antennae and beady eyes stick out in a military-straight line from aquachile; they’ve been set along the edge of a rectangular plate, bathing in a shimmering, sharply acidic pool of citrus and green chile. Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2022 Memories from Eugene that stick out for Rupp include setting the American record in 10,000 meters at the 2014 Prefontaine Classic and making his first Olympic team in 2008. oregonlive, 8 July 2022 Are there any specific emotional beats that stick out in your mind? Nick Romano, EW.com, 4 July 2022 Are there any moments of being in the studio during the making of Full Moon that stick out to you most? Heran Mamo, Billboard, 28 June 2022 Umbrella canopies keep their shape with the help of long spokes, which usually stick out around the umbrella’s edge. Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping, 26 Apr. 2022 Do any high-profile apps not on that list stick out to you? Andy Meek, BGR, 5 Apr. 2022 That the concerto’s few weak points stick out — a slack string canon opening and a third movement with fake-out endings that march on far too long — is a testament to Childs overall achievement. Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2022 See More
Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 31 July 2022 Reaching antennae and beady eyes stick out in a military-straight line from aquachile; they’ve been set along the edge of a rectangular plate, bathing in a shimmering, sharply acidic pool of citrus and green chile. Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2022 Memories from Eugene that stick out for Rupp include setting the American record in 10,000 meters at the 2014 Prefontaine Classic and making his first Olympic team in 2008. oregonlive, 8 July 2022 Are there any specific emotional beats that stick out in your mind? Nick Romano, EW.com, 4 July 2022 Are there any moments of being in the studio during the making of Full Moon that stick out to you most? Heran Mamo, Billboard, 28 June 2022 Umbrella canopies keep their shape with the help of long spokes, which usually stick out around the umbrella’s edge. Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping, 26 Apr. 2022 Do any high-profile apps not on that list stick out to you? Andy Meek, BGR, 5 Apr. 2022 That the concerto’s few weak points stick out — a slack string canon opening and a third movement with fake-out endings that march on far too long — is a testament to Childs overall achievement. Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
circa 1640, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a
sticking out
verb
1
as in protruding
to extend outward beyond a usual point no feet sticking out in the aisles, please Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- protruding
- standing out
- poking
- bulging
- swelling
- jutting
- projecting
- overhanging
- billowing
- beetling
- ballooning
- pouching
- pouting
- bunching
- bellying
- pooching
- starting
- blowing up
- bagging
- extending
- doming
- lengthening
- stretching
- inflating
- expanding
- dilating
- distending
- mushrooming
- snowballing
- elongating
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- shrinking
- contracting
- compressing
- condensing
- constricting
2
as in handling
to put up with (something painful or difficult) managed to stick out the whole race despite her bad knee Synonyms & Similar Words
- handling
- standing
- enduring
- tolerating
- living with
- accepting
- standing for
- sweating out
- taking
- toughing it out
- bearing
- sustaining
- lumping (it)
- meeting
- absorbing
- swallowing
- abiding
- wearing
- supporting
- hacking
- brooking
- stomaching
- countenancing
- pocketing
- going
- biding
- suffering
- reconciling (to)
- permitting
- allowing
- submitting (to)
- consenting (to)
- yielding (to)
- agreeing (with or to)
- assenting (to)
- respecting
- acquiescing
- capitulating
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- turning down
- refusing
- declining
- dismissing
- rejecting
- fighting
- opposing
- resisting
- repudiating
- missing
- combating
- avoiding
- contesting
- combatting
- escaping
- refraining (from)
- evading
- spurning
- bypassing
- eluding
- dodging
- circumventing
- abstaining (from)
- forbearing