Antonyms of adj protrusive

1 sense of protrusive

Sense 1
protrusive (vs. intrusive) -- (thrusting outward)

intrusive (vs. protrusive) -- (thrusting inward; "an intrusive arm of the sea")
        => intruding -- (projecting inward)

Similarity of adj protrusive

1 sense of protrusive

Sense 1
protrusive (vs. intrusive) -- (thrusting outward)
       => beetle, beetling -- (jutting or overhanging; "beetle brows")
       => bellied, bellying, bulbous, bulging, bulgy, protuberant -- (curving outward)
       => obtrusive -- (sticking out; protruding)
       => jutting, projected, projecting, protruding, relieved, sticking (predicate), sticking out (predicate) -- (extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary; "the jutting limb of a tree"; "massive projected buttresses"; "his protruding ribs"; "a pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck")
       => overshot -- (having an upper part projecting beyond the lower; "an overshot jaw")
       => starting -- ((especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear; "with eyes starting from their sockets")
       => underhung, undershot, underslung -- (having a lower part projecting beyond the upper; "an underhung jaw"; "undershot bulldog")
       => ventricose, ventricous -- (having a swelling on one side; "the ventricose gullet of an insect")
          Also See-> convex#1, bulging#1

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