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Gibbous

Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and the full moon.

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Bulging 84% connected

of Bulge

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Bulging 84% connected

of Bulge

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Convex 84% connected

Rising or swelling into a spherical or rounded form; regularly protuberant or bulging; -- said of a spherical surface or curved line when viewed from…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Convex 84% connected

Rising or swelling into a spherical or rounded form; regularly protuberant or bulging; -- said of a spherical surface or curved line when viewed from…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Unfit 84% connected

To make unsuitable or incompetent; to deprive of the strength, skill, or proper qualities for anything; to disable; to incapacitate; to disqualify; a…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Unfit 84% connected

To make unsuitable or incompetent; to deprive of the strength, skill, or proper qualities for anything; to disable; to incapacitate; to disqualify; a…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Crookback 92% connected

A crooked back; one who has a crooked or deformed back; a hunchback.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gibbose 92% connected

Humped; protuberant; -- said of a surface which presents one or more large elevations.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Humpbacked 92% connected

Having a humped back.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Humped 92% connected

Having a hump, as the back.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hunchbacked 92% connected

Having a humped back.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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